Fun with laser cannons (with or without cats)

I was disappointed to find out that the laser cannon pictured below is not military-grade. I had high hopes to cook up a house-sized batch of Jiffy Pop.

The ISS program is amusingly named, though, as it is about CATS in space. Unfortunately, it's only an acronym and the project is to gather data about airborne particles. I suppose it'll save lives 'n stuff, but the previous two assumptions are just so glamorous.

Read more about it on iO9.