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Wouldn’t it be cool if you could cut the grass with lasers? Everyone knows that lasers are basically magic, and if you strap a diode laser or two to a …read more Continue reading Mowing the Lawn With Lasers, For Science
Ever needed a strong yet adhesive-free way to really stick PLA to glass? Neither have we, but nevertheless there’s a way to use aluminum foil and an IR fiber laser …read more Continue reading The Strangest Way to Stick PLA to Glass? With a Laser and a Bit of Foil
Have you ever heard of Fordite? It was a man-made agate-like stone that originated from the Ford auto factories in the 1920s. Multiple layers of paint would build up as …read more Continue reading Laser Art Inspired by the Ford Motor Company
Now, we wouldn’t necessarily call ourselves connoisseurs of fine art here at Hackaday. But we do enjoy watching [Julian Baumgartner]’s YouTube channel, where he documents the projects that he takes …read more Continue reading George Washington Gets Cleaned Up With a Laser
Hidden states are a fascinating aspect of matter, as these can not normally be reached via natural processes (i.e. non-ergodic), but we can establish them using laser photoexcitation. Although these …read more Continue reading Using Femtosecond Laser Pulses to Induce Metastable Hidden States in Magnetite
Helium-neon lasers may be little more than glorified neon signs, but there’s just something about that glowing glass tube that makes the whole process of stimulated emission easier to understand. …read more Continue reading Lasers Al Fresco: Fun with Open-Cavity Lasers
Ever wish you could do a little target shooting in a galaxy far, far away? Well then you’re in luck, as the Star Wars inspired GlowBlaster designed by [Louis Abbott] …read more Continue reading GlowBlaster Uses 405 nm Laser To Make Its Mark
You can get a red laser diode pretty cheap these days—as cheap as £1 in fact. [Beamer] had purchased one himself, but quickly grew bored with just pointing it at …read more Continue reading Trying to Build A Communications Device With a 1-Pound Laser And a 7805
Lasers are pretty much magic — it’s all done with mirrors. Not every laser, of course, but in the 1980s, the most common lasers in commercial applications were probably the …read more Continue reading More Mirrors (and a Little Audio) Mean More Laser Power
If sharks with lasers on their heads weren’t bad enough, now China is working on submarines with lasers on their butts. At least, that’s what this report in the South …read more Continue reading Chinese Subs May Be Propelled Silently By Lasers