The main mechanical tools in a hacker’s shop used to be a drill press and a lathe. Maybe a CNC mill, if you were lucky. Laser cutters are still a rare tool to find in a personal shop, but today’s ...

A new laser can produce infrared beams over an unprecedented range of wavelengths. A laser developed at Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, can produce infrared beams over ...

Northrop Grumman strings together seven laser systems to get a single beam at 105.5 kilowatts, and thus enters into weapons-grade territory. Jon Skillings is an editorial director at CNET, where he's ...

[Les] from [Les’ Lab] has designed a driver for laser diodes up to 10 watts, and decided to show us how it operates, tells us what we should keep in mind when designing such a driver, and talks about ...

You could call it the rebirth of the 2D printer. A new device generates flat pack-like designs in seconds using a laser pointer and a laser cutter – the latest addition to the new field of ...

Looking for a high-performance, versatile, and precise fiber laser engraver to elevate your projects? The Omtech F-30 30W ...

Which laser engravers are best? Customization of items has long been the easiest way to showcase one’s personality and style, much superior to using an item identically to millions of others who ...

Non-contact laser welding offers several advantages when it comes to joining one plastic part to another. It works on the principle of partial transmission which lets a laser’s light travel through ...

Although it was heavily contested in court for decades, November 13, 1957 is considered the day the first designs for a laser were outlined. Columbia University doctoral research student and former ...