You know how something as simple as a laser pointer can become your pets newest favorite toy? The Bolt Interactive Pet Laser automatically juts around the room, providing your pet with minutes of fun.
As you can tell from the kitty’s glassy-eyed state, she’s simply enthralled.
It’s no wonder Dr. Evil wanted sharks with fricken’ laser beams attached to their heads. Just check out what a laser can do given the right project and tools, even on a tight budget. This step-by-step video tutorial teaches you how to turn a Bic lighter into a flame shooter which ignites shit using a laser beam.
Light a fuse, ignite a cigar, brand your children. The world is yours! Video after the jump.
With Blu-ray players being so expensive nowadays, either creator Rog8811 went dumpster diving for parts or just has enough money to smash open a Playstation 3. Whatever the reason, he managed to cram a working blue-laser diode inside a Zippo lighter. The best part? It actually works. Windproof? No problem bro, ’cause this fucker is made of light.
If you want to build your own, there are instructions. You’ll need to procure your own blue laser diode somehow – godspeed with that.
I haven’t touched a laser in years due to the fact that the novelty of it all wore off years ago. But John Biggs, the intrepid editor over at CrunchGear, decided to dust off his boots and do a video review of the Spyder II GX laser from Ultimate Lasers. Comparing it to my penis, he says it’s “really, really big” and that he can light a candle with it. Ha! Light a candle with a laser? John, you are so silly.
Wait, he actually did? And you say he also burnt a hole in tissue paper? Insane. John, how can I get a laser as big as yours? Let me hold it sometime. Too bad you can’t make your own laser-etchings with it. Now that’d be badass.
Here’s a wedding ring that’s out of the ordinary. A “Yes, I Do” sound wave is cut-out of the ring. No engraving your significant other’s favorite love poem on this ring. There’s no room for it. Designer Sakura Koshimizu uses lasers to cut out the shape of the waveform produced from your own “Yes I Do.”
Using some sound editing software, Sakura records your voice during the ceremony. The software will show the sound waves on the screen, which are then fed into a laser which cuts it out of the silver. She even makes earrings out of the cut-out sound waves. No wasted materials here, folks.
Lightsabers are flippin’ cool but one can’t help but question their toll on the environment. Enter the Jedi Ecosaber, the lightsaber that wields a compact fluorescent bulb. It’ll light up but, when it comes to slicing things in half, you’d be better off with a butter knife. Redbubble is selling these t-shirts for $26.53, so grab yours before everyone in the galaxy has one.
Microsoft claims that come September 9th, you can kiss laser goodbye. Everyone was quite confused as to what Microsoft meant, that is until this picture of the mystery product that would put laser in its place showed up on Amazon’s Germany site.
It’s called the Blue Track and it allegedly uses a blue LED teamed up with a wide-angle lens for better tracking on more surfaces than laser and optical are capable of. Hey, I’m all for improved tracking and getting rid of mouse pads, but why blue?. With the wireless adapter and small size, could this be a more ideal mouse for the traveling laptop user than Microsoft’s Arc? With better tracking, definitely, but the price has yet to come into play.
Bastards. The team at NYCResistor have a new laser cutter and they want you to know about it. Check out this tiny, tiny, TINY dinosaur that’s like half the size of a fucking penny. How in the world do you even design things this small? Either way, it’s awesome and I want an entire fleet of robo-dinos to battle my toy soldiers. Rawr!
These are some of the most intricate designs to ever to get etched into a laptop’s casing. Gordon Cohen recently had his Macs upgraded with images of “composed corporate animals”, which I’m guessing is a shot at the man or something like that. Engraved by Device Nine Six, those looking for a similar design for their laptop and living in New York should be sure to ask PT over at MAKE about his custom laser-etching service.
It’s not surprise your house is bugged by the CIA. After all, you did conspire with Colonel Sanders on a dirty bomb made from re-fried mac and cheese. Right now you’re in a tight place and every word you say can be used against you when you’re getting fucked hard by a judge. Avoid doing hard time with this $70 Laser Surveillance Defeater. Slap one to your window and people listening in won’t be able to hear anything thanks to jamming frequencies made specifically for long-distance microphones.
You can always save the $70 but you’ll be dead within the hour. Make haste!
