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 diodes [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 a [...]
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 [...]
Poor Mans 3d Scanner
Don’t have $4000 + to purchase a high end 3d scanner? Using a simple web cam, a free (as in beer) piece of windows software and a laser line level you too can achieve the same stunning results. The David Laserscanner does just that. Here’s what you’ll need to get started:
- A camera (e.g. web [...]
Asustek BC-1205PT Blu-Ray Drive
The Asustek BC-1205PT Blu-ray drive speeds up next generation DVD recording, capable of burning in data at 12X DVD+/- write, 4X DVD+/-R (dual layer) and 5X DVD-RAM speeds. This is made possible by a SATA interface that offers users with five times faster data transmission rates compared to DMA33 standards. You will be able to [...]
How To: Build a USB Laser Air Purifier
Here’s something for all the cleanliness freaks roaming the Internet, a USB powered air purifier using 4 lasers. You’ll need a mini DVD disk, a PC fan, USB cable, and some laser pointers. The idea behind the design is that laser destroys the bacteria in the air. If that doesn’t work it at least makes [...]
A flashlight that will make you puke
I’m sure at one point in your life you’ve been pulled over by Johnny Law and had him flash that super duper bright flashlight in your eyes asking you for your drivers license ownership and insurance. Imagine if that flashlight when pointed in your eyes actually made you vomit.
The incapacitating flashlight is being developed for [...]
Unmaker Laser Gun
This past weekend I spent some time fighting crabgrass around the house with a propane torch, if I had $53,700 laying around I could have purchased this cool backpack laser from Clean Laser which would have done a much better job.
This little puppy is used to restore old buildings. Clean Laser System’s backpack laser cleans [...]
