Hundreds of laser pointers have been seized by customs officials after a Sydney man allegedly tried to bring them into the country with him on a flight from China. - smh.com.au.

What I tried to do first is to take laser photos, as those cool people did. But it quickly turns out not an easy task. I pointed the laser to my fish tank. Poor golden fishes, I hope they were not frightened. But apparently, they avoid the laser beam well. They didn’t show up in my photos at all. All of my photos were blurred, because I took photo with one hand while another hand holds the laser pointer. I guess to really get good pictures I need kind of tripod for both my camera and the laser.

What do you think is in the following photo?

It is a bath towel. Interestingly, it looks deep, but actually flat.

Later I tried to point to objects like cups and bottles, etc, which are common subjects of laser photography. But the results are not as good as I have hoped. I need to learn photography.

I haven’t dare to point to sky or play outdoor yet, because I don’t know if there is any local regulation on usage of lasers.

Laserful again.

With close to 200 laser-cut, on demand projects to choose from, WoodMarvels.com has grown to become the largest provider of laser cut products in the woodworking industry thanks to an association with Ponoko.com. All projects are available as either blueprints (which you can cut yourself), laser-cut templates or pre-cut (with laser of course) kits. Another industry first, it has also begun producing custom soundtracks to accompany the 3D assembly animations.

Graffiti Research Lab is well known for its laser tagging research.

via: hackaday

YouTube - Wow .. Laser Spectacles.

]]> http://w.laserati.com/2008/08/radioactive-margarita/feed/ http://w.laserati.com/2008/07/laser-etched-tattoo/ http://w.laserati.com/2008/07/laser-etched-tattoo/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:11:53 +0000 lasergeek http://laserful.com/?p=127 Over Instructables, a guy shows how he used a laser etching mechine to tattoo himself. Such a crazy idea! Well, some people use laser to remove tattoo, while others use laser to tattoo…

He describes:

The sound by itself (meaning no body parts in the cutter), is probably the easiest thing to deal with. It is just the normal whine of gears, belts and cooling fans. When that sound is mixed in with the sensation of burning flesh, it turns the laser cutter from a simple machine shop tool to a futuristic torture device.

The sight is not too bad, just a light tracing its way back and fourth across the body. As long as you don’t think about the fact that the small wisp of smoke trailing the light, is actually vaporized skin, everything will be fine.

The smell is bad. It does not travel far, but when you catch a whiff of the burnt flesh stench, it is quite nauseating. The thought that you have just inhaled some of those vaporized skin flakes, and they have settled on the bottom of your lungs, is the worst.

Some photos:

from the UPS laser show in Darling Harbour 2000.

They are really interested in laser, just like me.