If you didn’t already have enough reason to really want a laser cutter, here’s another: a beautifully cut wallet. Sure, you could probably use heavy scissors to make this, but Mat Thorne and Devin Montgomery instead use this more elegant cutter for a more civilized age. It also seems to produce a more civilized edge […]
Robot Resurrection, an awe inspiring, towering robot sculpture, lives up to its name pretty well. Constructed mainly from parts of small airplanes, this bot stands over 30 feet tall. Airplane parts such as the main body and even a nose piece have been resurrected as a flame throwing, laser blasting, LED lit crowd pleaser. Built by Shane Evans […]
Interactive Designer Filipe Vilas-Boas recently revamped an old French church by installing an interactive laser light show, powered by cell phones.
Drake Anthony, perhaps better know as “the DIY Laser Guy” on YouTube, and his most terrifying creation yet.
The African Fossils virtual laboratory website is a digital archeology project that seeks to increase public knowledge about prehistory by harnessing Autodesk 3D scanning technology. Recently, they wrote MAKE to tell us about their updated, newly re-launched website featuring stunning Sketchfab integration and downloads of prehistoric humanoid remains.
No security system is complete without lasers. We have all seen movies where the main character has to get past a high tech security system and there is always a room full of lasers somewhere.
So in this project, I show you how to build a laser tripwire alarm. All you need is a cheap laser point, a couple of mirrors, and a few dollars of electrical parts. With this you can cover an entire house with an array of light beams. If any one of them is crossed it sets off your alarm. And unlike in the movies, these lasers are practically invisible.
Yesterday this year’s ITP Summer Camp kicked off with a series of how to introductions, basic “Hello World” courses, giving introductions to soldering, Arduino, Processing, and how to use their laser cutter. An Epilog Mini 24 — a 50 Watt desktop laser cutter.
