#laserhacks — Public Fediverse posts

Ski Slopes for Laser Imaging

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/14/ski-slopes-for-laser-imaging/

Popsicle sticks... is there anything they can't do?!

https://toobnix.org/w/hBLk26wuicW4bMNXujCJn6

#laserengraving #lasercutting #laserhacks

Michelson Interferometer Comes Home Cheap

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/01/12/michelson-interferometer-comes-home-cheap/

Barcodes, “Lasers”, and Fourier Transforms https://hackaday.com/2025/11/24/barcodes-lasers-and-fourier-transforms/ #FourierTransformSpectrometer #barcodescanner #UPC-ABarcodes #TelxonLS-201 #LaserHacks #BomemDA3

Filming at the Speed of Light, About One Foot per Nanosecond https://hackaday.com/2025/10/19/filming-at-the-speed-of-light-about-one-foot-per-nanosecond/ #photomultipliertube #twobillionfps #speedoflight #LaserHacks #VideoHacks #Science #laser #pulse

Filming at the Speed of Light, About One Foot per Nanosecond - [Brian Haidet] published on his AlphaPhoenix channel a laser beam recorded at 2 bi... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/19/filming-at-the-speed-of-light-about-one-foot-per-nanosecond/ #photomultipliertube #twobillionfps #speedoflight #laserhacks #videohacks #science #laser #pulse

A New Way to Make (Almost) Holograms with Lasers https://hackaday.com/2025/10/17/a-new-way-to-make-almost-holograms-with-lasers/ #diffractiongrating #laserengraving #diffraction #LaserHacks #MOPAlaser #hologram

A New Way to Make (Almost) Holograms with Lasers https://hackaday.com/2025/10/17/a-new-way-to-make-almost-holograms-with-lasers/ #diffractiongrating #laserengraving #diffraction #LaserHacks #MOPAlaser #hologram

A New Way to Make (Almost) Holograms with Lasers - The spectrum of laser technologies available to hackers has gradually widened fro... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/17/a-new-way-to-make-almost-holograms-with-lasers/ #diffractiongrating #laserengraving #diffraction #laserhacks #mopalaser #hologram

A New Way to Make (Almost) Holograms with Lasers - The spectrum of laser technologies available to hackers has gradually widened fro... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/17/a-new-way-to-make-almost-holograms-with-lasers/ #diffractiongrating #laserengraving #diffraction #laserhacks #mopalaser #hologram

Driving a Laser at 200 Volts for Nanoseconds https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/driving-a-laser-at-200-volts-for-nanoseconds/ #avalanchebreakdown #HighVoltage #laserdriver #LaserHacks #laserdiode #pulselaser

Driving a Laser at 200 Volts for Nanoseconds https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/driving-a-laser-at-200-volts-for-nanoseconds/ #avalanchebreakdown #HighVoltage #laserdriver #LaserHacks #laserdiode #pulselaser

Driving a Laser at 200 Volts for Nanoseconds https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/driving-a-laser-at-200-volts-for-nanoseconds/ #avalanchebreakdown #HighVoltage #laserdriver #LaserHacks #laserdiode #pulselaser

Driving a Laser at 200 Volts for Nanoseconds - If there’s one lesson to be learned from [Aled Cuda]’s pulsed laser driver, it’s ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/driving-a-laser-at-200-volts-for-nanoseconds/ #avalanchebreakdown #highvoltage #laserdriver #laserhacks #laserdiode #pulselaser

Driving a Laser at 200 Volts for Nanoseconds - If there’s one lesson to be learned from [Aled Cuda]’s pulsed laser driver, it’s ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/driving-a-laser-at-200-volts-for-nanoseconds/ #avalanchebreakdown #highvoltage #laserdriver #laserhacks #laserdiode #pulselaser

Driving a Laser at 200 Volts for Nanoseconds - If there’s one lesson to be learned from [Aled Cuda]’s pulsed laser driver, it’s ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/driving-a-laser-at-200-volts-for-nanoseconds/ #avalanchebreakdown #highvoltage #laserdriver #laserhacks #laserdiode #pulselaser

Driving a Laser at 200 Volts for Nanoseconds - If there’s one lesson to be learned from [Aled Cuda]’s pulsed laser driver, it’s ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/driving-a-laser-at-200-volts-for-nanoseconds/ #avalanchebreakdown #highvoltage #laserdriver #laserhacks #laserdiode #pulselaser

Engrave a Cylinder Without a Rotary Attachment? No Problem! - Laser-engraving a cylindrical object usually requires a rotary attachment, which i... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/26/engrave-a-cylinder-without-a-rotary-attachment-no-problem/ #laserengraving #laserhacks #cnchacks #rotary #laser #mug

Engrave a Cylinder Without a Rotary Attachment? No Problem! https://hackaday.com/2025/07/26/engrave-a-cylinder-without-a-rotary-attachment-no-problem/ #laserengraving #LaserHacks #cnchacks #rotary #laser #mug

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

Shine On You Crazy Diamond Quantum Magnetic Sensor 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

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

Automated Rig Grows Big, Beautiful Crystals Fast https://hackaday.com/2024/12/12/automated-rig-grows-big-beautiful-crystals-fast/ #potassiumdihydrogenphosphate #LaserHacks #saturated #Science #crystal #doubler #laser #KDP

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

A Laser with Mirrors makes a CRT-like Display - [bitluni]’s laser-based display pretending to be a an old-school vector CRT.Phosph... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/26/a-laser-with-mirrors-makes-a-crt-like-display/ #phosphorescence #laserhacks #crtdisplay #how-to #uv

Laser Fault Injection, Now With Optional Decapping https://hackaday.com/2024/09/20/laser-fault-injection-now-with-optional-decapping/ #ReverseEngineering #faultinjection #LaserHacks #decapping #ablation #package #silicon #epoxy #laser #die

Laser Fault Injection, Now With Optional Decapping - Whether the goal is reverse engineering, black hat exploitation, or just simple cu... - https://hackaday.com/2024/09/20/laser-fault-injection-now-with-optional-decapping/ #reverseengineering #faultinjection #laserhacks #decapping #ablation #package #silicon #epoxy #laser #die

Optical Tweezers Investigate Tiny Particles - No matter how small you make a pair of tweezers, there will always be things that ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/04/22/optical-tweezers-investigate-tiny-particles/ #opticaltweezers #opticaldrive #diffraction #laserhacks #chemistry #dvdburner #glycerol #tweezers #biology #colloid #laser

Optical Tweezers Investigate Tiny Particles https://hackaday.com/2024/04/22/optical-tweezers-investigate-tiny-particles/ #opticaltweezers #opticaldrive #diffraction #LaserHacks #Chemistry #dvdburner #glycerol #tweezers #biology #colloid #laser

Homemade Raman Laser is Shaken, Not Stirred - You wouldn’t think that shaking something in just the right way would be the recip... - https://hackaday.com/2023/12/12/homemade-raman-laser-is-shaken-not-stirred/ #nonlinearoptics #laserhacks #ineleastic #scattering #science #stokes #laser #raman #dmso

Entertain Your Cats Automatically with LazerPaw - Most of us would agree that kittens are very cute, but require lots of attention i... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/05/entertain-your-cats-automatically-with-lazerpaw/ #computervision #laserhacks #homehacks #lazer #cat

NASA Team Sets New Space-to-Ground Laser Communication Record - [NASA] and a team of partners has demonstrated a space-to-ground laser communicati... - https://hackaday.com/2023/06/09/nasa-team-sets-new-space-to-ground-laser-communication-record/ #opticalcommunication #worldrecord #laserhacks #space #news #nasa

Properly Pipe Laser Light Around with Homebrew Fiber Couplings - It’s a rare person who can pick up a cheap laser pointer and not wield it like a l... - https://hackaday.com/2022/12/09/properly-pipe-laser-light-around-with-homebrew-fiber-couplings/ #laserhacks #collimator #fiberoptic #coupling #bayonet #fiber #laser #st

Properly Pipe Laser Light Around with Homebrew Fiber Couplings - It’s a rare person who can pick up a cheap laser pointer and not wield it like a l... - https://hackaday.com/2022/12/09/properly-pipe-laser-light-around-with-homebrew-fiber-couplings/ #laserhacks #collimator #fiberoptic #coupling #bayonet #fiber #laser #st

Properly Pipe Laser Light Around with Homebrew Fiber Couplings - It’s a rare person who can pick up a cheap laser pointer and not wield it like a l... - https://hackaday.com/2022/12/09/properly-pipe-laser-light-around-with-homebrew-fiber-couplings/ #laserhacks #collimator #fiberoptic #coupling #bayonet #fiber #laser #st

Properly Pipe Laser Light Around with Homebrew Fiber Couplings - It’s a rare person who can pick up a cheap laser pointer and not wield it like a l... - https://hackaday.com/2022/12/09/properly-pipe-laser-light-around-with-homebrew-fiber-couplings/ #laserhacks #collimator #fiberoptic #coupling #bayonet #fiber #laser #st

Properly Pipe Laser Light Around with Homebrew Fiber Couplings - It’s a rare person who can pick up a cheap laser pointer and not wield it like a l... - https://hackaday.com/2022/12/09/properly-pipe-laser-light-around-with-homebrew-fiber-couplings/ #laserhacks #collimator #fiberoptic #coupling #bayonet #fiber #laser #st

Properly Pipe Laser Light Around with Homebrew Fiber Couplings

https://hackaday.com/2022/12/09/properly-pipe-laser-light-around-with-homebrew-fiber-couplings/

#LaserHacks #collimator #fiberoptic #coupling #bayonet #fiber #laser #st

Properly Pipe Laser Light Around with Homebrew Fiber Couplings

https://hackaday.com/2022/12/09/properly-pipe-laser-light-around-with-homebrew-fiber-couplings/

#LaserHacks #collimator #fiberoptic #coupling #bayonet #fiber #laser #st

Laser-Engraving Hairlines: When a Line Isn’t a Line - When is a line not a line? When it’s a series of tiny dots, of course!
The line is... - https://hackaday.com/2022/05/29/laser-engraving-hairlines-when-a-line-isnt-a-line/ #retrocomputing #laserengrave #laserhacks #sliderule #tektronix #hairline

Laser-Engraving Hairlines: When a Line Isn’t a Line - When is a line not a line? When it’s a series of tiny dots, of course!
The line is... - https://hackaday.com/2022/05/29/laser-engraving-hairlines-when-a-line-isnt-a-line/ #retrocomputing #laserengrave #laserhacks #sliderule #tektronix #hairline

Adjustable Workholding for Honeycomb Tables, With a Bit of DIY - Honeycomb tables are often found on laser cutters, where they provide a way for wo... - https://hackaday.com/2022/05/29/adjustable-workholding-for-honeycomb-tables-with-a-bit-of-diy/ #honeycombtable #workholding #laserhacks #offsetpins #toolhacks

Laser-Cut Solder Masks from Business Cards - There are plenty of ways to make printed circuit boards at home but for some featu... - https://hackaday.com/2021/04/09/laser-cut-solder-masks-from-business-cards/ #businesscard #circuitboard #lasercutter #laserhacks #soldermask #kapton #solder #pcb

Cleaner Laser Cutting With a 3D-Printed Nozzle - [Nervous System] does a lot of laser cutting, and [Jesse] shared a fascinating experimental improvem... - https://hackaday.com/2020/11/25/cleaner-laser-cutting-with-a-3d-printed-nozzle/ #3dprinterhacks #lasercutting #laminarflow #laserhacks #3dprinted #lasercut #nozzle

500 Lasers Are Not Necessarily Better Than One, but They Look Great - If playing with but a single laser pointer is fun, then playing with 500 laser pointers must be 50... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/07/13/500-lasers-are-not-necessarily-better-than-one-but-they-look-great/ #laserhacks #converging #focalpoint #modules #pointer #mirror #optics #array #laser #lens #led

Popping the Hood on the Flux Beamo Laser Cutter - While the K40 has brought affordable laser cutting to the masses, there’s no question that it took a... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/06/22/popping-the-hood-on-the-flux-beamo-laser-cutter/ #lasercutter #laserhacks #toolhacks #teardown #review #beamo #flux

Human-Powered Laser Gun Makes Battery-Free Target Practice - [Dirk] shared a fascinating project of his that consists of several different parts coming together ... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/04/26/human-powered-laser-gun-makes-battery-free-target-practice/ #energyharvesting #targetpractice #human-powered #weaponshacks #cowboyrifle #laserhacks #rasperrypi #3dprinted #generator #shooting #opencv #target #laser

Laser Trip Wire Hides What You’re (Not) Working On - We assume your office policy allows for reading Hackaday during work hours. But what about cruising ... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/08/09/laser-trip-wire-hides-what-youre-not-working-on/ #timeofflightsensor #peripheralshacks #computerhacks #laserhacks #tripwire #privacy #usbhid #laser

A Laser Aiming Module for First Person Hacking - You’ve perhaps noticed that [Jeremy Cook]  is rather prolific on YouTube, regularly putting out vi... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/05/25/a-laser-aiming-module-for-first-person-hacking/ #3dprintedparts #laserhacks #videohacks #aiming #gopro #laser