A 15-year old boy ordered a handheld laser pointer online. He wanted it to pop balloons from a distance and play around with, this included burning holes into paper cards and his sister’s shoes.

Have you had your daily serving of vegetables? This seemingly simple question is in fact very difficult to answer, for children and adults alike. Luckily, a new handheld laser scanner devised by ...

After releasing their Spyder III handheld laser last year, which got them into hot water with LucasFilm over its lightsaber-like appearance, Wicked Lasers is back with an even more over-the-top ...

As technologies evolve, they typically tend to grow smaller and more convenient. The first computer occupied about 1,800 sf and weighed almost 50 tons. Now they can be carried with us everywhere. The ...

YouTuber Drake Anthony, who goes by "styropyro," has created what he claims is the world's strongest handheld laser. According to Anthony, the legal limit of a laser pointer is 5 milliwatts, so he ...

August 8, 2007 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google DIYer Kipkay extracts the laser from a DVD burner and mounts it in a small flashlight to create a handheld laser ...

Your smartphone’s flashlight suddenly seems pathetic. YouTuber Drake Anthony (aka Styropyro) just built a handheld laser so powerful it makes industrial cutting ...

The handheld laser pointers you can buy at office supplies stores are legally required to be no powerful than 0.005-watts, and most fall well below that threshold so they’re relatively safe to use.

[rog8811] sent in this really cool hack where he used the optics sled from a PS3 as a foundation for a 7 color hand held laser projector. Combining a green laser, a blue ray laser, and a red laser, he ...