According to the LaserFest website, today, May 16, 2010, marks the 50th anniversary of the laser.  First demonstrated by a team lead by American physicist Ted Maiman. From Wikipedia: In 1917, Albert Einstein established the theoretic foundations for the LASER and the MASER in the paper Zur Quantentheorie der Strahlung (On the Quantum Theory of … Continue reading Hey Lasers – Happy 50th birthday!