Blu-ray Won, But At What Cost? - Over on their substack [ObsoleteSony] has a new article: The Last Disc: How Blu-ra... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/16/blu-ray-won-but-at-what-cost/ #masanobuyamamoto #personalmedia #physicalmedia #laserhacks #videohacks #blu-ray #sony

A Pi-Based LiDAR Scanner https://hackaday.com/2025/04/18/a-pi-based-lidar-scanner/ #2dvisualization #raspberrypi #vertexcolor #LaserHacks #3dscanning #ldrobot #camera #lidar

A Pi-Based LiDAR Scanner - Although there are plenty of methods for effectively imaging a 3D space, LiDAR is ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/18/a-pi-based-lidar-scanner/ #2dvisualization #raspberrypi #vertexcolor #laserhacks #3dscanning #ldrobot #camera #lidar

Replica of 1880 Wireless Telephone is All Mirrors, No Smoke - If we asked you to name Alexander Graham Bell’s greatest invention, you would doub... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/15/replica-of-1880-wireless-telephone-is-all-mirrors-no-smoke/ #alexandergrahambell #analogtelephony #wirelesshacks #laserhacks #steampunk #telephone #wireless

Shine On You Crazy Diamond Quantum Magnetic Sensor - We’re probably all familiar with the Hall Effect, at least to the extent that it c... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/15/shine-on-you-crazy-diamond-quantum-magnetic-sensor/ #nitrogenvacancycenter #laserhacks #microwave #magnetic #science #diamond #quantum #sensor #laser #spin #n-v #pll

Biting Off More Than I Can Chew - Earlier this year, I bought one of those K40-style laser machines that was listed ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/biting-off-more-than-i-can-chew/ #k40lasercutter #laserhacks #problems #repair #rants #diy

Laser Harp Sets the Tone - In many ways, living here in the future is quite exiting. We have access to the wo... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/20/laser-harp-sets-the-tone/ #persistenceofvision #microcontroller #laserhacks #highpower #laserharp #arduino #laser #music #midi

Spy Tech: Build Your Own Laser Eavesdropper - Laser microphones have been around since the Cold War. Back in those days, they we... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/18/spy-tech-build-your-own-laser-eavesdropper/ #securityhacks #surveillance #laserhacks #microphone #spytech #sensor #laser #noise #spy

Got Junk? Then Build This Scrappy TEA Laser - A piece of glass, some bits of tinfoil, a sheet of plastic, a couple of razor blad... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/13/got-junk-then-build-this-scrappy-tea-laser/ #transverselyexcitedatmospheric #laserhacks #nitrogen #flyback #laser #tea #zvs

This Laser Knows about Gasses - What’s that smell? If you can’t tell, maybe a new laser system from CU Bolder and ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/07/this-laser-knows-about-gasses/ #gasdetection #laserhacks #comblaser #science

This Laser Knows about Gasses - What’s that smell? If you can’t tell, maybe a new laser system from CU Bolder and ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/07/this-laser-knows-about-gasses/ #gasdetection #laserhacks #comblaser #science

CNC Router and Fiber Laser Bring the Best of Both Worlds to PCB Prototyping - Jack of all trades, master of none, as the saying goes, and that’s especially true... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/04/cnc-router-and-fiber-laser-bring-the-best-of-both-worlds-to-pcb-prototyping/ #prototyping #laserhacks #fiberlaser #cnchacks #stencil #cnc #pcb #smd

A Little Pigment Helps with Laser Glass Engraving - The range of materials suitable for even the cheapest laser cutter is part of what... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/28/a-little-pigment-helps-with-laser-glass-engraving/ #titaniumdioxide #lasercutter #laserhacks #engraving #glue #tio2 #cnc #pva

Shedding Light on Quantum Measurement with Calcite - Have you ever struggled with the concept of quantum measurement, feeling it’s unne... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/26/shedding-light-on-quantum-measurement-with-calcite/ #quantummeasurement #quantummechanics #entanglement #laserhacks #homehacks #science #calcite #photons #optics #light #news

Perfecting 20 Minute PCBs with Laser - Normally, you have a choice with PCB prototypes: fast or cheap. [Stephen Hawes] ha... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/05/perfecting-20-minute-pcbs-with-laser/ #laserhacks #fiberlaser #pcbhacks #pcb

2024 Brought Even More Customization to Boxes.py - If you have access to a laser cutter, we sincerely hope you’re aware of boxes.py. ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/2024-brought-even-more-customization-to-boxes-py/ #softwaredevelopment #lasercutbox #laserhacks #parametric #lasercut #boxes

Taking “Movies” of Light in Flight - This one isn’t clickbait, but it is cheating. [Brian Haidet], the guy behind Alpha... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/25/taking-movies-of-light-in-flight/ #photomultipliertube #speedoflight #laserhacks #science #laser #pulse

Automated Rig Grows Big, Beautiful Crystals Fast - We haven’t seen [Les Wright] in a while, and with the release of his new video, we... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/12/automated-rig-grows-big-beautiful-crystals-fast/ #potassiumdihydrogenphosphate #laserhacks #saturated #science #crystal #doubler #laser #kdp

Holograms: the Art of Recording Wavefronts - The difference between holography and photography can be summarized perhaps most s... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/03/holograms-the-art-of-recording-wavefronts/ #laserhacks #holography #hologram #science

Getting Started In Laser Cutting - If you were to walk into most of the world’s hackerspaces, it’s likely that the mo... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/27/getting-started-in-laser-cutting/ #lasercutting #laserhacks #emf2024