S3 Krypton Laser – Will Fry Satellites
The Spyder 3 Krypton laser is the world’s brightest handheld laser, Currently under review by Guinness World records, the S3 is over 8000 times brighter than the sun. I’m not sure why you would want a laser than can travel 85 miles besides the fact that you might want to fry UFOs that might be [...]
DIY: Cool Arduino Clock
People build all sorts of cool things with Arduino. Take the Twittering Doorbell or the Bedazzler but how about something as simple and useful as a clock? And an eye catching one at that! The clock build requires a few simple materials; a laser printer, some LED’s and a few connectors. The instructions are super [...]
Phaser Boasts 300mW Laser
Since you can’t walk into to your favorite weapons store and pick up a phaser just yet, hacker Luke decided to build his own. He picked up a toy phaser from Amazon for about $20 ripped out the internals only choosing to reuse the trigger, top switch and battery pack. The phaser contains two laser [...]
Mini Lighter Cufflinks
Seriously, you’d have to be a cast member of the TV Show Madmen to be able to pull off something like these mini lighter cufflinks. Seriously, who smokes any more (besides me. I know I know). Not even the modern day super spy would want to be caught with these things, they’d opt for the [...]
Laser Music Sequencer
If you have ever been to a club you can usually be assured to see some kind of light show (unless the clubs you frequent are in some back alley). Most of those light shows incorporate lasers to add to the experience. Now you can create your own laser show that will act to the [...]
BSG PC
This has to be one of the most detailed PC case mods I have seen in a very long time, and the fact that I am a huge BSG fan also helps. The Battlestar Galactica PC mod features everything you expect from the BSG show including a dock for the vipers and a front loading [...]
DIY: 30 Watt Laster
Commercial laser cutters can cost anywhere from $10,000 right up to millions of dollars. Although there isn’t much info on how this crafty hacker went about building his very own 30 watt laser that can cut through steel, the Australian maker is answering questions in the comment section of the video. Maybe if we all [...]
California Scientists Design Working Tricorder
Scientists at the University of California have created what just might be a working tricorder like the ones used in the Star Trek TV series. They aren’t actually calling it a tricorder, but the Universal Detector is a catchy name never-the-less (and one that will avoid a lawsuit). The device would use nano-technology to figure [...]
Kill Aliens With A Laser Pointer
“Interference Laser Games” is a game that you play via a projector. Nothing fancy so far, but what if I told you that you control the game with your average everyday laser pointer. Check out the video to see how the pointer is used in Space Invaders and Pong. Essentially it’s the same as a [...]
DIY: Laser Tag System
Remember all the fun you had as a kid playing with that Laser Tag system your parents got you from Consumers Distributing? Well you can now relive all of that excitement including point the laser at someone’s eye with the DIY Laser Tag system. The homebrew system uses a few cheap laser pointers stuffed into [...]
DIY: Blu-Ray Laser Phaser
If your a geek then you must have loved the old classic Trek episodes, the one’s with the red shirts that never made it, and what about those over sized phasers (compared to the later Trek series). Well, now thanks to Kip Kay you too can have a cool looking Star Trek phaser that emits [...]
Laser Target Alarm Clock
Most mornings I have to keep myself from throwing my alarm clock half way across the room when the buzzer goes off. My luck is that i’m still half ass asleep and can’t actually grasp it to throw it, so what makes me think I will be able to pick up a handheld laser gun [...]
Cheap DYI Laser Cutter
I’m been trying to source decent desktop laser cutter for the Lab with Leo TV show that I’m on. The biggest problem is finding anything that would be a reasonable cost for most consumers. Decent desktop laser solutions can easily run you into the thousands and they are big and ugly. Thanks to the wonderful [...]
Shocking Gadgets
At first glance these gadgets might like look like sloppy knock-offs of the Sony PSP, a laser pointer, and an iPod. But once you pick them up you’ll be in for a shocking surprise. These bad knock-offs actually deliver a shock to the unsuspecting victim. The devices cost about $4 a pop and deliver a [...]
