We can use them to cut things, create laser light shows, and also as a rangefinder. [Ignas] wrote in to tell us about [Berryjam’s] AMAZING write-up on creating an Arduino based laser rangefinder.

In this project, we create a joystick-controlled laser by connecting two servos to a joystick and using this setup as a pan-and-tilt controller for a laser pointer.

The Arduino powered Laser trip wire system project is currently over on the Kickstarter crowd funding website looking to raise $3,000 pledges to make the jump from concept to production.

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Makers and developers might be interested in this new project which has been published by Instructables user “Venkes”, who has created a DIY laser scanning microscope using an Arduino Uno ...

To that end La Fabrique DIY has built an automated system powered by an Arduino to endlessly toy with the feline in your life.

A simple, automated method of tracking E. coli uses a laser to detect and monitor the microbe in potentially contaminated bodies of water or waterways. The technique could reduce the incidence of ...

A team of ESA scientists has developed a way to use lasers to accurately track space debris even in broad daylight. Using special telescopes, it's now possible to increase the contrast of laser ...

Coherent introduced HIGHtactile, a laser processing head with a new patent-pending seam-tracking technology that is easily configurable to perform highly automated fillet welding and brazing.