Wherein I swipe retrofuturistic, 1950s toy patents and transform them into laser-etched art displays.

[Brain] wanted to mark some scissors with his Ortur laser engraver. The problem? The laser won’t cut into the hard metal of the scissors. His solution? Smear the scissors with mustard.

By placing a thin film on top of a DVD (or any plastic CD shaped disc), and coating it with graphite oxide, you can literally print patterns of graphene using the laser in your DVD burner.

Laser cutting is the use of a high-powered laser to cut, etch and engrave your material. Access to a laser cutter and CAD software Lasers cut by burning through the material and are incredibly ...

What better way to build your brand than to etch your emblem into a human hair? That's exactly what scientists at IBM have done using a powerful type of laser called an excimer laser. The average ...