Laser-Guided Scissors Are Unnecessary, Accurate; Terrify Children

August 18, 2008

  Nothing says,”put this next to your child’s head” quite like a laser-sight attached to a pair of blades.  In an attempt to create cleaner, straighter cuts, the good folks over at thinkgeek have attached a laser to the top of a pair of scissors, projecting a laser beam across the surface that is about [...]

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Busted, Tracer HUD Tattles On You For Speeding

February 26, 2008

So, let’s be honest. You speed. I’ve seen it, so don’t deny it. I have a mind to tell on you, but I ‘m no rat. Instead, you should get this thing. The Tracer HUD, designed by Mitchell Brown, utilizes the latest in GPS and laser-projection technology to tell you when you are speeding. It [...]

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Spirograph Laser Is The Poor Man’s Laser Show

February 22, 2008

This is a 3-axis laser spirograph, like the ones you played with in the early 1990s, except with lasers. The mirrors are controlled by a homemade PIC microcontroller, so it’s easy on the wallet. Throw in some h’orderves with some laser action and you got yourself a sexy party. And by sexy party, I mean [...]

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Laser Harp Is A Harp Of Lasers

February 14, 2008

UPDATE: 2 videos added after the jump. Stephen Hobley managed to use synthesizer software to interact with some lasers to make what he calls the laser harp. It looks like the number of notes is probably limited. The harp is connected to the impOSCar VSTi software synthesizer, the TAOS sensor array sits on the floor [...]

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Make Your Own Burning Laser, Death Trap

February 4, 2008

If you have always dreamed about capturing James Bond and slowly killing him with a laser, just to find out, later, that he had escaped and foiled your plans for world domination, then you should watch this video (see? villainy 101 – don’t reveal your plans to the protagonist until you can confirm his demise). [...]

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