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A laser gun, connected to a computer and set up in a seven-ton truck, is being used at York University to measure pollution and analyze weather condit(...)
A laser gun, connected to a computer and set up in a seven-ton truck, is being used at York University to measure pollution and analyze weather condit(...)

A laser gun, connected to a computer and set up in a seven-ton truck, is being used at York University to measure pollution and analyze weather condit(...)

Date7/9/1975
Names
FormatPicture
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0009098F
Laser gun radar used by Peel Region Police
Laser gun radar used by Peel Region Police
Calleja, Frank
11/24/1994
York University business professor Seymour Friedland analyzes Canada's capital market with the most complete computerized financial data bank in Canad(...)
York University business professor Seymour Friedland analyzes Canada's capital market with the most complete computerized financial data bank in Canad(...)
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
1/24/1969
Steel liners as much as 60 feet long and weighing up to five tons are slipped into the 320-foot-high anti-pollution smokestack at the St. Lawrence Sta(...)
Steel liners as much as 60 feet long and weighing up to five tons are slipped into the 320-foot-high anti-pollution smokestack at the St. Lawrence Sta(...)
Norris, Dave
7/12/1971
Phobia of the 80s: Comparing their own speed and accuracy with that of computers, people suffering the new phobia find they don't measure up
Phobia of the 80s: Comparing their own speed and accuracy with that of computers, people suffering the new phobia find they don't measure up
Slaughter, Mike
7/30/1982
Police patrol-1913 style. Police Commissioner Clare Westcott tries out the commission's latest acquisition-a 1913 Ford paddy wagon. In original condit(...)
Police patrol-1913 style. Police Commissioner Clare Westcott tries out the commission's latest acquisition-a 1913 Ford paddy wagon. In original condit(...)
Bock, Tony
4/25/1985
Peel Police Constable Shawn O'Connor with Laser gun radar
Peel Police Constable Shawn O'Connor with Laser gun radar
Calleja, Frank
11/24/1994
Taking aim: OPP Constable Laura Hicks and Sergeant Brian Anderson try out the handgun laser computer simulation at the new headquarters building in Aurora
Taking aim: OPP Constable Laura Hicks and Sergeant Brian Anderson try out the handgun laser computer simulation at the new headquarters building in Aurora
Dunlop, Al
8/1/1989
That's a print: A new process that marries a computer and laser can produce a three-dimensional plastic model. Factotum Inc. says the process, called stereolithography, can produce prototypes for inventors in a fraction of the time now required. Company p
That's a print: A new process that marries a computer and laser can produce a three-dimensional plastic model. Factotum Inc. says the process, called stereolithography, can produce prototypes for inventors in a fraction of the time now required. Company p
Griffin, Doug
5/12/1989
Mr. Vitamin E, as Bill Gutterson is called, stands in the Rexdale office of Webber Pharmaceuticals Ltd., which has increased sales by 40 per cent over last year. There's been a great revival in vitamin E. It's being used for everything from heart trouble to pollution ailments.
Mr. Vitamin E, as Bill Gutterson is called, stands in the Rexdale office of Webber Pharmaceuticals Ltd., which has increased sales by 40 per cent over last year. There's been a great revival in vitamin E. It's being used for everything from heart trouble to pollution ailments.
Spremo, Boris
10/1/1971
Future applications for the amazing laser seem limited only by the imagination. As an industrial tool, the laser - a beam of light - is expected to serve a $1 billion market within a few years. University of Toronto physics professor Dr. B. P. Stoicheff demonstrates laser with help from graduate student Bob McCaren.
Future applications for the amazing laser seem limited only by the imagination. As an industrial tool, the laser - a beam of light - is expected to serve a $1 billion market within a few years. University of Toronto physics professor Dr. B. P. Stoicheff demonstrates laser with help from graduate student Bob McCaren.
Barkley, Harold
7/20/1970
Laser cane used by Rick Bernier is the first in Canada to be used by a blind person
Laser cane used by Rick Bernier is the first in Canada to be used by a blind person
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
5/25/1978
Airport sets up metal detector, Air Canada stewardess Shirley Paproski, of Winnipeg, passes through electronic gate, consisting of two poles connected(...)
Airport sets up metal detector, Air Canada stewardess Shirley Paproski, of Winnipeg, passes through electronic gate, consisting of two poles connected(...)
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
11/10/1970