#ctf laser

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CTF Photonics - CTF-3 Laser Aiming Module

So far it seems very well-constructed. The CNC billet 6065 aluminum body feels solid, the rail clamp is well thought-out, the and the battery caps don't impede button activation as much as I thought they would.

However, getting the bad out of the way first, the adjustment turrets, contrary to my original assumption, do not feature 'clicky' MOA increments - they seem like they've got an internal o-ring somewhere to tension the screws for zeroing adjustment and the marks on the vertical turret are just there as witness marks more than actual adjustments.

Additionally the screws are small and seem easy to strip for how much pressure's needed to turn them. But for they do seem like they'll hold zero no issue once adjusted, for what it's worth.

The unit is incredibly low-profile as you would expect - an IR-only laser diode sits center over bore with what amounts to two independent 300-style scout flashlight bodies sitting saddleback on either side of the top rail. One holds a white light and the other would hold some form of IR illuminator head (B.E. Meyers KIJI, Z-Bolt Blazer, 3EIR Vulcan).

It seems like a good solution for secondary or tertiary builds that you wanna tack NV capabilities onto. Incidentally, due to being so low-profile, it's the perfect MFAL for an AK or other rifles that you can't put excessively tall optic risers on due to the stock being lower than the top of the receiver.

I've ordered a Z-Bolt Blazer Head and will be donating this laser to @bureau-of-mines' AK in trade for a Holosun IRIS-3 or AMMJ Penumbra (depending on whether the former restocks before I make up the additional cash to afford the latter).

For the sake of comparison, here's the CTF-3 without any heads in between a Steiner DBAL D2 and an EG NGAL.

The CTF-3 seems like a large unit, but it's very flat and carries most of its weight in the integral flashlight bodies, which it spreads out nicely. Plus the fact it eliminates a separate white light setup also cuts down greatly on weight.

While I don't recommend this unit for AR15's (given the abundance of better options now), I'd say it still has a niche to fill. Basically, it's a DIR-V that traded the lighter weight and the crane port for superior build quality and sheer modularity. And also not costing $2000 fucking dollars.

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CTF PHOTONICS ANNOUNCES CTF2 IN PRE-ORDER PHASE

On the heels of the Phantom Hill acquisition, CTF Photonics announces the CTF2 is back and currently in the pre-order phase. CTF Photonics states “The CTF-2 Multi-Functional Aiming Laser Enhance your tactical abilities with the CTF-2, a versatile aiming laser designed for precision and modular adaptability. Compatible with Scout 300 series 3v white lights and IR illumination heads, this…

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Halo Reloaded - Spartan-II Training Schedule

I've wanted to flesh this out for while, but here we go. Note: this seems impossible... it's because it is.

General Information:

From Monday through Friday (except Wednesday), they start every morning with stretching, then they do 50 jumping jacks; after a quick breather, they do the following routine below.

100 total squats, push-ups, chin-ups, crunches and sit-ups. 50 of these every morning after the jumping jacks, then they do another 50 before bed.

Go to class, listen to a lecture on tactics used by the Spartans of Greece and the Roman Empire. This goes from 1000 to 1200 (Lunch Break), from 1300 to 1500 is recess at the obstacle-course where parkour and acrobatics are to be practiced, then class resumes from 1600 to 1800.

Night-Routine, then bed.

Monday:

After a one hour break from the morning routine, they go on a one kilometer run with small sand-bags tied to every Spartan-cadet's ankles. (A work-out routine inspired by Rocky Marciano.)

They practice swimming for an hour from 1900 to 2000 shortly after class.

Tuesday:

After a one hour break from the morning routine, they step into a VR-simulator that trains them to eject from drop-pods.

At 1900 to 2000, they spar with each other; two per circle (every pair gets an individual circle). The art is a martial-art native only to the Spartans called "Spartan-Kata"; it's heavily influenced by four martial-arts: Krav Maga, Collegiate Wrestling, Judo and Kali. One is armed with tonfas and is on the offensive, the other is unarmed and on the defensive; the unarmed opponent gets a turn to be on the offense while the armed opponent learns to be defensive. They switch offensive/defensive positions at 30 minutes into the sparring session.

Wednesday:

Break on both the morning and evenings. It's just lessons for the entire day. They don't even do the morning/night routines, they just wake up, recover, go to class and return to bed.

Thursday:

In the morning, they play a game of CTF in the Zero-Grav Chamber using laser-guns that respond to their Zero-Grav Suits' sensors. (It's just Ender's Game.)

In the evening, they learn to disassemble, clean and reassemble their guns (don't worry, they're not loaded) for the first 30 minutes; in the last 30 minutes, they go to the targeting range to practice their aim. From ages 8 - 11, they use laser-guns (similar ones seen in the Zero-Grav Chamer); they are taught fire-arm safety and how to properly use guns, then from ages 12 - 16, they're taught to practice with real-gunloaded with live-rounds.

Friday:

They do their usual morning and night routine, though they go to class for the first half of the day; after lunch, they don't go to recess. For the rest of the day onward, they do a group "survival-activity" that they must complete before the day is over. If any Spartan fails to complete the exercise and return to the training-facility, ONI personnel will personally collect them and return them back to base with the usual penalty for failure/coming-in-last being no dinner.

Saturday:

Rest & Recovery Day. No class or training, obstacle-course is always open.

Sunday:

Rest & Recovery Day. No class or training, obstacle-course is always open.

Meal-Time:

Breakfast: Lots of organic-eggs (either scrambled or over-easy, depends on what the cadet wants) and scalloped potatoes, a slice of ham with a side of plain-crackers. Drinks are a glass of water.

Lunch: Fried-Chicken and fish with brown rice and a side of mashed-potatoes slathered in gravy. Drinks are orange-juice.

Dinner: Turkey slathered with gravy and ice-cream covered in hot-fudge syrup. Drinks are a glass of milk.

Class-Snacks: Plain-Crackers with a glass of milk and a side of Vitamin-Gummy packs.

Additional Information:

Every night, the Spartans sleep to white-noise.

After getting themselves in bed, they are first treated with story-time as they fall asleep; Deja, the AI that teaches the Spartans in Halsey's absence, reads them stories from ancient Greece, namely the stories from Classical Mythology, but sometimes real events thay transpired then, too. Deja swaps over to white-noise once everyone has fallen asleep.

All of this was done from ages 8 to 16. In John's case, due to him being the youngest by two years, 6 to 14.

[kyledefoor]

RDS carbine for awhile. This is the 14.5 BCM I use for all work with the crews that use dot only or dot/tripler combos. Holosun AEMS RDS, Aimpoint magnifier both in Scalarworks mounts, CTF-2 light/laser, Geiselle SSP, VTAC sling, Magpul buttstock, Surefire warcomp, #defoor #kd4

[emeraldspiral]

Headcanon that the training sims Zim used to do before he got transferred to Vort were basically playing TF2 with a VR headset. Just two teams endlessly fighting over a handful of objectives while Tallest Miyuki yells into their headsets. The endless back-and-forth of CTF/Control Points/Payload Race type matches that go on forever with no one ever achieving the objective prepared him for his eventual rivalry with Dib.

He likes destroying things with fire and explosives and laser weapons, but keeps getting stuck filling the Engineer role even though he always ends up getting bored and abandoning his defensive nest and the team that relies on his buildings to go be a Battle Engie.

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Your fingerprint is actually 3D − research into holograms could improve forensic fingerprint analysis

- By Partha Banerjee , University of Dayton , The Conversation -

When you use your fingerprint to unlock your smartphone, your phone is looking at a two-dimensional pattern to determine whether it’s the correct fingerprint before it unlocks for you. But the imprint your finger leaves on the surface of the button is actually a 3D structure called a fingermark.

Fingermarks are made up of tiny ridges of oil from your skin. Each ridge is only a few microns tall, or a few hundredths of the thickness of human hair.

Biometric identifiers record fingermarks only as 2D pictures, and although these carry a lot of information, there’s a lot missing. A 2D fingerprint neglects the depth of the fingermark, including pores and scars buried in the ridges of fingers that are difficult to see.

I’m an educator and scientist who studies holography, a field of research that focuses on how to display 3D information. My lab has created a way to map and visualize fingermarks in three dimensions from any perspective on a computer – using digital holography.

Fingermark types

Scientists categorize fingermarks as either patent, plastic or latent, depending on how visible they are when left on a surface.

Patent fingermarks are the most visible type – bloody fingerprints at crime scenes are one example. Plastic fingermarks are found on soft surfaces, such as clay, Play-Doh or chocolate bars. The human eye can see both patent and plastic fingermarks quite easily.

The least visible are latent fingermarks. These are usually found on hard surfaces such as glass, metals, woods and plastics. To make them out, a fingerprint examiner has to use physical or chemical methods such as dusting with powder, creating chemical reactions with appropriate reagents or cyanoacrylate fuming.

Cyanoacrylate makes super glue in its liquid form, but as a gas it can make latent fingermarks visible. Researchers develop the prints by letting cyanoacrylate vapor molecules react with components in the latent fingerprint residue.

The geometric details on fingermarks are categorized into three levels. Level 1 encompasses visible ridge patterns, so loops, whorls and arches. Level 2 refers to minutiae or small details, such as bifurcations, endings, eyes and hooks.

Fingerprints have visible ridge structures, such as arches (left), whorls (middle) and loops (right), but at the microscopic level they have much finer patterns and structures. ValeriyPolunovskiy/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Finally, Level 3 features, such as pores, scars and creases, are too small for the human eye to resolve. This is where optical techniques like holography come in handy, since optical wavelengths are in the order of microns, small enough to make out small details on an object.

Developing fingermark holograms

Since fingermarks are usually collected as 2D pictures, and holograms display 3D information, my team wanted to develop a technique that can show all the 3D topological characteristics of a fingermark.

To do this, we’ve been collaborating with Akhlesh Lakhtakia’s group at Penn State. They developed a specialized technique that deposits a nanoscale columnar thin film layer, called a CTF, on top of the fingermark to develop and preserve it.

Columnar thin films are dense pillars of glassy material that uniformly cover the fingermark, like a dense growth of identical trees in a forest. Just as the tops of these trees would reflect the topology of the ground, the tops of these columnar thin films replicate the 3D structure of the fingermarks on which they are deposited.

Samples collected using CTF film. Banerjee Lab

To make a hologram of something like a 3D fingermark, researchers split light from a laser into two parts. One part, called the reference wave, shines directly on a digital camera. The other wave shines on the object, in this case the fingermark.

If the object is reflective, the reflected light is also directed to the digital camera and superimposed on the reference wave.

The superposition of waves – both from the reference and the object – creates an interference pattern, which is called a hologram. In digital holography, this hologram, which is a 2D picture, is recorded in the digital camera. Researchers then import the hologram to a computer, where they can use the physical laws of wave propagation to figure out where the light waves from the laser bounced off different parts of the object.

This process allows them to reconstruct the object as a 3D picture.

So, the reconstructed hologram has all the 3D details of the object, and you can now visualize the 3D object on a laptop from any perspective.

Picking up fingermarks

In 2017, our collaboration reported our first results, where we made 3D pictures of latent fingermarks using the CTF technique. We recorded holograms of the CTF-developed fingermarks with two different wavelengths of light – green and blue – generated from a laser. Using two different wavelengths allowed us to make out tiny details such as pores in the 3D reconstructions.

Lakhtakia’s research group has deposited hundreds of fingermarks on glass, wood and plastic. They’ve then let them age in different environments, at various temperatures and humidity levels, before coating them with CTF film to pick up the fingerprint. My group records the digital holograms of these fingermarks and visualizes them in 3D on a computer.

We have also started working on a better 3D fingermark analysis plan to help identify crime suspects.

The Miami Valley Regional Crime Lab in Dayton, Ohio, has graded the quality of the fingermarks captured by Lakhtakia’s research group. It will also help us develop a new method for grading the 3D holographic reconstructions, something that does not currently exist. This may involve creating categories to classify how clear the 3D renderings of the fingermarks are.

The use of fingerprints as unique identifiers has a long history, going back to ancient Babylonian and Chinese civilizations. They’ve been used for forensic purposes since the late 1890s, starting in Calcutta, India. Our work aims to build on this rich history and use cutting-edge technologies to improve fingermark analysis.

Partha Banerjee, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Dayton

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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Friday Night Lights: Phantom Hill CTF-1 MFAL

Happy post-Thanksgiving and welcome to another installment of Friday Night Lights. Today we will take a close look at a relative newcomer to the MFAL (Multi-Function Aiming Laser) market – Phantom Hills’ CTF-1. Friday Night Lights is sponsored by ATN Corp, manufacturers of night vision and thermal optics like the THOR LT. As with all of our […]

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How Common Parasites Affect Our Health: Our Toronto Naturopath Explains (Part I)

Any Naturopath in Toronto will tell you that parasite infections can play a significant role in your health. 

In fact, parasites can affect anyone’s everyday life; they do not only affect children and people in underprivileged regions with low uptake of hygiene and sanitation.

Parasites are organisms that live on or inside other organisms (the host) and rely on their host for food. This often negatively affects the host, as the formal definition of “parasites” involves no positive contribution to the relationship.

Our clinic’s naturopathic doctor is Dr. Amauri Caversan, ND, who uses a naturopathic integrative and functional medicine approach to treating patients with health issues. He highlights the various parasites and how they can distress the human body in this blog post. Read below:

Unravelling the different parasites

Do you think you’ve been in contact with a parasite? It’s important to know that there are three main types of parasites that disrupt a person’s healthy lifestyle: protozoa, helminths, and ectoparasites.

Protozoa are single-celled microbes that live freely or as parasites. While hiding out and reproducing inside humans allows the protozoa to survive, this is a health concern because it causes illness. The notoriously difficult gastrointestinal infections Cryptosporidium and Giardia are protozoa.

Helminths are worms that we most commonly think of as parasites. The main groups that cause disease in humans are flatworms, such as tapeworm and flukes, thorny-headed worms, and roundworms.

Ectoparasites live on the body’s surface (ecto = outside), such as ticks, lice and fleas. These burrow into the skin and stay there for up to weeks or months on end. However, they’re typically clinically thought of as vectors for infection, such as Lyme disease carried by ticks.

A Toronto naturopath’s view on parasites and our health

A predominant fraction of people affected by parasites goes undiagnosed; these people are surprisingly unaware that they have been exposed to parasites. Parasites can be contracted from eating uncooked meat or fish, walking barefoot or sleeping in a bed with a pet carrying something. A naturopathic doctor would generally tell their patients that parasite infections could present symptoms, such as:

      Skin rashes

    �� Weight loss and or increased appetite

      Abdominal pain, diarrhea, and vomiting

      Anemia

      Aches and pains

      Allergies

      Weakness and a general unwell feeling 

If you are experiencing the persistent symptoms as described above, especially after trying conventional diagnostic tests, and other possible causes have been ruled out, you may have parasites in your body. Actually, naturopathic medicine may be able to help alleviate parasite-related illnesses. Here are a variety of health concerns that parasite infections can cause: 

Grand theft nutrient

Keep in mind that a parasite is a specific organism that takes from its host without giving back. So one consequence of a chronic parasite infection may be nutrient depletion. Research on women in Nepal has demonstrated that hookworm infection can cause anaemia, with more severe infection related to greater iron depletion.

Hookworms are transmitted through feces (mainly humans), and the larvae can burrow under the skin if you step on them. This is why it’s recommended to wear boots around farms. Tapeworms take a broader range of nutrients from their hosts, making them a cause of unwanted weight loss as well as anemia.

Gastrointestinal infection

Many harmful parasites are associated with gastrointestinal infection. Cryptosporidum infection, cyclosporiasis, cystoisosporiasis and microsporidiosis generally cause self-limiting watery diarrhea, which can become chronic in cases of poor immune function. 

The Giardia parasites’ symptoms are similar, though a small percentage develops issues such as chronic fatigue, allergies, or arthritis. Amebiasis, caused by Entamoeba histolytica, is mostly symptomatic, but can lead to colitis or a liver abscess.

Tick-borne illness

Ticks transmit infectious diseases including Lyme, Rickettsia, Babesia and Colorado Tick Fever (CTF). Symptoms include fatigue, fever and headache, so even though you may think you have the flu, seek a clear diagnosis if you’ve recently been exposed to ticks. 

For example, Babesia infections can resemble a self-limiting flu, but may worsen to hemolytic anemia if your immune system is low. Ticks can also cause alpha-gal syndrome (a food allergy in which you react to red meat and other consumable products from mammals) and paralysis, which are not infectious and are generally diagnosed by exclusion of microbial illness.

Other notable facts on parasite infections and naturopathic care

Testing and treating for chronic parasite infections is a must for reaching optimal health. Luckily, a naturopathic doctor can create a comprehensive treatment plan to assist you with the healing process. So watch out for our next blog post, Part II, on treating parasite infections with the naturopathic form of medicine!

In the meantime, you’re invited to meet Dr. Amauri Caversan, ND, and our nurse practitioner Arv Buttar, NP. Their integrative functional medicine programs may help relieve chronic parasite infections. Take note: Our Toronto clinic also treats and supports other health issues! Our approach to health may assist with an array of concerns: anti-aging/age-related diseases, autoimmune disease, chronic conditions, pain management, digestive issues, blood pressure and blood sugar issues, joint pain, adrenal fatigue, skin health, and other underlying health conditions.

Our wide variety of natural therapy options include: IV therapy, natural pain relief, nutritional counseling, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, Chinese Medicine, herbal medicine, cold laser therapy, among others. Our naturopathic clinic also makes diagnostic testing available to patients.

Save your appointment with a naturopath in Toronto to see if you’ve been affected by parasites. Call 416-922-4114 or send us a note by clicking here. We’re ready to support your health journey!

References

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020). About Parasites. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/about.html

Dreyfuss, M. L., Stoltzfus, R. J., Shrestha, J. B., Pradhan, E. K., LeClerq, S. C., Khatry, S. K., Shrestha, S. R., Katz, J., Albonico, M., & West, K. P., Jr (2000). Hookworms, malaria and vitamin A deficiency contribute to anemia and iron deficiency among pregnant women in the plains of Nepal. The Journal of Nutrition, 130(10), 2527–2536. https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/130.10.2527

Parasites . (n.d.). Diagnostic Microbiology of the Immunocompromised Host, Second Edition, 411–466. https://doi.org/10.1128/microbiolspec.dmih2-0013-2015  

Rodino, K. G., Theel, E. S., & Pritt, B. S. (2020). Tick-Borne Diseases in the United States. Clinical Chemistry, 66(4), 537–548. https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvaa040  

Webb, C., & Cabada, M. M. (2017). Intestinal cestodes. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 30(5), 504–510. https://doi.org/10.1097/QCO.0000000000000400

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CTF Photonics CTF3 + Malkoff E1HTv2 and Z-Bolt Blazer IR Heads

A follow-up to the previous post, this unit officially belongs to @bureau-of-mines' AK build and figured I'd give my own more thorough early impressions on it so far - despite the presence of other devices hitting the market around the same time and price bracket as this, I still feel like the CTF3 has a niche of its own to fill.

The key selling point to this unit is its modularity - in lieu of an onboard IR illuminator, the CTF3 features effectively two 3V Scout Flashlight bodies machined into the laser body that sit saddleback on either side of the top rail. This allows you to interchange whatever IR or white light heads you need for your specific setup.

The fire buttons are surprisingly easy to reach despite the protruding battery caps; the center button being laser only and the smaller left and right buttons activating both the laser and the corresponding light body.

Sadly this means your IR laser will be activated when using the white light, and there's also no constant-on function for the light bodies, but such is life.

In my opinion, the greatest benefit of the CTF3 is its low profile - this really is the perfect laser for an AK or other rifle that force you to use lower-mounted optics. It fills the same niche as the 3EIR DIR Series, except it's more modular, made of higher quality materials, asks roughly half the cost (as far as a base unit without heads), and eliminates a separate white light setup, keeping the overall cost of accessories down.

Obviously, you also lose a remote cable port, vis laser, power output controls, the ability to co-align the illuminator with the laser dot, and divergence control is greatly limited as well (unless you get an IR Blazer Head), but you get the benefit of having less integral components to fail within the laser body itself.

Although I have a massive bias to ancient laser boxes, the CTF3 is a very cool unit and I love how it works on "westernized" AK setups (though how well it handles 7.62x39 is yet to be determined). Love to see more from CTF going forwards.

Also giving @avtomatkalashnikova a tag since he was interested in this setup as well.

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CTF PHOTONICS ACQUIRES PHANTOM HILL

CTF Photonics has announced the acquisition of Phantom Hill known for their laser aiming devices. CTF Photonics state “We’ve purchased Phantom Hill and the CTF is back! In the world of active infrared laser aiming devices the CTF-2 always stood out. It was modular and simple. It allows you to use any illumination heads you want, it’s a self-contained solution, and it has good ergonomics. The…

[bothkindsofbeans]

3/23/18

It's Friday, and it's also Earth, Wind, and Please Set Me on Fire So That I May Burn Away The Wickedness of this Terrible Earth from My Soul day. I don't know what it is about today, but I'm at a loss for patience, mostly due to other people's impatience. I even allowed myself an extra hour of sleep this morning just so I could be fresh and rested for today's shenanigans, but I'm already on my 4th cup of coffee and at wit's end. At least in a few hours it will all be over, and then maybe I can work on catching up with everything tomorrow when it's bound to be less busy.  

The vacant east wing of the mall is beginning to look like some kind of post-apocalyptic ruins more than it does a shopping mall. Lots of bare concrete, debris, and pillars make it look like a really cool place to play laser tag or something. That's a pretty sweet idea, right? That's how we'll save the Grand Avenue Mall, by turning it into one big bitchin' laser tag arena. Or paintball. Or some kind of LARP shit.

I know one person I'd want on my team in laser tag, and that's The Game. He seems like he'd be a team player, which is important. You can't have people going rogue if you want to complete the objective. HOLY SHIT. I am suddenly now reminded of a series of Capture the Flag games played in the woods behind my parents house about 14 years ago that involved very large teams. I was the captain of one team because I knew the terrain the best, and we were called THE BEANS. Wow. That completely escaped my mind until right now as I write this review. Let me tell you, The Beans always won... I would end up going on to date the opposing team's captain for a couple years, but I don't think we could ever get past our differences from the CTF days. It all amounted nothing, just like so much effort in this world. Our respective armies had fought so hard and sacrificed so much, and I don't think we could ever get past that. Things are still civil, of course. 

As I approached the counter in the empty food court today, The Game said "flour burrito, brown rice, both beans?" and I was like, "hell yeah." He loaded up the beans and rice just how I like it. I was honestly impressed that he was able to fit the whole thing into one tortilla. I thought for sure he was going to need to go for the double, but that's not how it played out. It wasn't the nicest wrap, but it held together. As I mentioned last time, Qdoba gifted me a free chips and guacamole for buying a burrito over the weekend of the Feast of St. Patrick, but I decided not to cash in on that offer today when I saw how big he was making my burrito. I'll save it for another time. I don't need those extra calories today... or probably ever. I'm starting to feel my age, friends. I'm not sure how long I can keep up this lifestyle before I start getting fat...

One more important announcement, it's the boss's birthday this weekend! I know very few of you know her or appreciate her like I do, but maybe wish her a happy birthday in your hearts. She's the only reason you're reading my dumb bullshit about laser tag, capture the flag, and The Beans right now. Just put that energy out in the universe. Happy Birthday, Hannah!

Weight: 745 grams (26.30 oz)

[kyledefoor]

Carbine classes with weapon retention make sense. 2025 classes drop Monday at noon est. 14.5” gov profile w/warcomp, CTF-2 light/laser, NF ATACR 1-8, Bobro Q/D mount, VTAC sling, magpul stock.

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US Air Force tests high energy laser system as part of wider programme to deploy counter drone technology

US Air Force tests high energy laser system as part of wider programme to deploy counter drone technology

The US Air Force reports tests using the High Energy Laser Weapon System 2, also known as HELWS2 or H2, a counter-Unmanned Aerial System (c-UAS) directed energy weapon (DEW). The tests are part of the Directed Energy Combined Test Force, or DE CTF, which is focused on testing weapons designed to prevent adversarial drone observation and assault. H2 was tested as part of a directed energy…

[sentientburrito]

Hey You, AFPS fans!

Did you adore the hardcore action of CPMA?

Do you despise the skilless movement in today’s games?

Do you want to pickup weapons and health, not have them defined by some silly class or character?

Do you miss the white-knuckle intensity of a good 1v1?

Have you the lust for sending a good rocket to a poor man’s face at 750ups?

Don’t worry, there is still a game for that!

Reflex Arena is a PC game inspired by the old Quake CPMA mod, which aims to replicate the movement and gameplay of it. It’s made by the Australian Turbo Pixel Studios. It came out of Early Access back in March 2017, with a decent sized fanbase. But the numbers have dwindled over the years, and as someone who has dumped at least 200 hours into it, I figure i might as well try to spark some interest in it again.

There’s no bullshit in this game; No DLC, no lootboxes, no shitty servers, no AAA crap, no hardware-melting requirements, just you, some robots, and old-school arena style combat. Your movement is based on how well you can bunny-hop and hit those jumps. Jump at a 45 degree slope and go flying, ‘cause physics don’t matter here.

It sports all your favorite toys: A burst pistol, shotgun, grenade launcher, plasma rifle (or minigun,) laser cannon, rockets, that sleek, pro-favorite bolt rifle, and a  melee weapon of your choice. All of which are yours to pickup on the go and have fun with.

You have a hefty choice of FFA, 2v2, 1v1, CTF, TDM, and racing for you  speedsters out there. Duke it out with your friends too, cause there’s instant ad-hoc connection. 1v1s are the bread and butter of the competitive scene, and most players are willing and skillful enough to take you on for bragging rights.

You can modify your game however you want with in-game widgets. Your crosshair, ammo count, HUD positioning, EVERYTHING is customizable. For example, I always have my ammo count and true health right below my crosshair.

You like to make maps like me? Sit the hell down and listen, cause this game has mapping on cocaine.You can make a map for any gamemode, and make it any style you want. It’s cooperative too, so you can have multiple people working on the same map at once.

“Wow, that sounds great, and you’re totally not a dirty shill! Why haven’t I heard of this game before?”

Well, that’s because it barely got any attention.

On a good day, with me included, there is a peak of around 25 players a day. Not alot, but we get by. That’s why I’m calling out; the few of us who still play this game love it, and don’t want it to die. Everybody is willing to teach a new player the game. Because we cannot find consistent games, we often organize them through Discord or steam groups. If you just take the time to join, you can find nightly games with all the regulars, and get the same name-by-name basis community feeling that we lost since most games don’t have community servers anymore.

The game’s only ten bucks, and is worth a try. If you loved CPMA, Quake or unreal, this is the modern equivalent.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/328070

Here are the group and discord links, where we organize games:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/reflexna (announces start of FFA games almost nightly)

https://discord.gg/xye4mhZ

Give the game a try. We always welcome new players.

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Screen Platesetter Information : Aishwarya Graphics

Aishwarya Graphics is a leading provider of prepress & press equipment & has been for over 15 years. We offer a prepress solution like CTF, CTP & technical support. we can also provide spare parts & warranties for all equipment that we sell. We handle sales & service of CTP SCREEN PTR 4XXX & SCREEN 8XXX & Screen B1,B2 Platesetter (Like 9600, V6, 6000, V8) & CTF Imagesetter like AGFA, AVANTRA 44, 30, 25 & software. We offer onsite installation, training & technical support by telephone. We are  offer expert service advice & support specializing in CTP & CTF Equipment like SCREEN, FUJI (PLATESETTER) & AGFA IMAGESETTER. The price depends on the service required. Aishwarya Graphics manufacturer and supplier of screen platesetter in mumbai, India. Features of screen platesetter. 

Screen Platesetter

Screen PlateRite 4300S Manufacturer : Screen Model : Screen PlateRite 4300S LIGHT SOURCE : 32 - channel infrared laser diodes Throughput (pph) 20 plates/hr at 2,400 dpi Recording system : External drum Plate sizes : Maximum 830 x 660 mm (32.7" x 26") Minimum 324 x 370 mm (12.8" x 14.5") Resolutions : 1,200/2,000/2,400/2,438/2,540/4,000 dpi Weight : 645 kg (1,422 lbs.) Environment : 23°C ± 2°C (73.4°F ± 3.6°F), 40% to 70% relative humidity (non-condensing ) Power requirements : Single phase 200 to 240V +6%/-10%, 20A, 4.0kW

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[Wanted] Java MC Server [Semi-Vanilla] {Hunger Games}

I'm looking for servers with the classic Hunger Games. No crazy random plugins making flying sharks with lasers. Just classic Hunger Games like captain sparklez used to play. Even other gamemodes work. Like CTF, Survival Games, Creative (freebuild), Spleef, etc. I'm just kinda tired of playing servers that are jam packed with plugins, making it feel not like Minecraft anymore. So please don't say like "Try Hypixel! They have Blitz!" No, Blitz doesn't even feel like the classic.