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I decided to google my username today, and stumbled across some threads involving 445nm diodes from two years ago. Thought I'd share them with you. In this thread I discover an eBay seller flogging some weird diodes using some obscure and costly technology to achieve much more power than was...

This has to be by far the single greatest spam post in the history of the entire internet: Linky: Geda VX690HD, the No.1 MP4 of the World Has Landed with a Strong Storm - Retrogaming Roundtable Don't just skim over it, read the whole thing. Trust me, it's worth it. It's a chinese "MP4 player"...

Demonstration of the Unreal game engine, using 50,000 barrels: Vjbpv0TjVis RELATED: Real life art project using "only" 13,000 barrels. (look for the tiny little people) The Wall It's scary to think that BP estimates the oil spill in the gulf could be leaking as much as 100,000 barrels a day...

I've been thinking about getting an SSD for my laptop for a while now, but I don't think I could live with just 40 or 80gb of space. I currently have a 500gb drive, and even that's not really enough for the amount of movies I like to carry around. It's a 14" laptop, so obviously it doesn't have...

Here's an awesome prototype from Russian design studio Art Lebedev Click for link: Reflectius clock Let's hope they actually make this at some point!

I have an 8x BR diode harvested from an LG-BH08 bluray burner. As far as I can tell it was the first one ever harvested on the forums. I've been using it about a year now, and have treated it as gently as I can. One way or another, either through improper heatsinking (unlikely), bad drivers...

So it seems like I've been working on this thing forever now... It's been a real uphill battle. It seems at every turn this project wants to test my patience... I've gone through (off the top of my head) 1x SF-AW210 bluray diode (6x), 1x LG-BH08 bluray diode (8x), 1x PHR-803T bluray diode, 2x...

I swear this whole whitefusion build is cursed. I've blown almost $200 worth of diodes while making this, now I've rebuilt this driver twice and each time it's putting out 2+ amps. I've built dozens of drivers before, and I've never had a problem anything like this before. Can anyone spot what...

Recently I've been thinking about our FAQ section and how limited it is. A recent post reminded me how many new members are asking the same questions over and over and they are being told to search for their information. Fair enough, they really should be doing their own research, but we've...

Check out what I found in the junk bin at work! It's too bad it only takes S478, but it's damn impressive nonetheless. I'm currently running a P4 2.8ghz at 3.6ghz with no problems at all.. It's completely stable, and it's running at -28 celsius. Yes, that's right. Negative twenty eight...

InPhase out of business, assets seized for back taxes -- Engadget InPhase had been working on holographic disc technology for the last 10 years, but apparently they haven't been paying their taxes... Now, somewhere in Colorado, there are a buttload of 1W green lasers at a government auction...

Wow, it seems like it was only a few months ago that we were surprised to see 2000 users online... Today, we've hit a new record, almost 16,000 users online! I think this may have to do with Jayrob's 12x Blu-Ray phaser being posted on hack-a-day: Phaser-to-laser mod puts out 465mW - Hack a Day...

I'm looking for someone in North America who'd like to sell a green module. I don't feel like waiting a month to ship from Asia. I have $50USD to spend, including shipping to Canada.. I'm looking for something at least 50mW. Doesn't have to have a driver, but needs to work, be TEM00, and the...

http://cgi.ebay.com/2x-Showa-Optronics-GLG3078-Air-Cooled-Argon-Laser_W0QQitemZ380161908093QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item58836a5d7d&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 I'm sure this'll go up in price as the action nears closing, but there's only 22 hours left, so it looks promising. I would...

SHARPLAN 3000 YAG SURGICAL LASER SYSTEM W/ FOOT PEDAL - eBay (item 330362799816 end time Oct-24-09 14:24:25 PDT) Includes 8 pairs of goggles, only $400 shipping to the US. That's less than $1 per 100mW!

I submitted firemylaser's "a different kind of spiro" to hackaday, and I'm pleased to say they posted it! Laser spiro made from junk - Hack a Day http://laserpointerforums.com/f48/different-kind-spiro-41791.html Congrats, FML!

I'm growing increasingly frustrated with the 3 character limit for searches... I'm sure there's a good reason for it, I'm guessing if someone searched for "the" it'd bring up too many results, putting a burden on the server, but seriously, there are a LOT of 3 letter search terms I'd like to...

I decided to hack apart an old wireless keyboard I had laying around in order to make a small remote control to change the volume on my computer from a distance. I've hooked everything up okay, and it works fine, though I found out the antenna they used in the original design is a four foot...

There's a real lack of videos and pictures of 8x lasers, so let's make some, shall we? Cutting black electrical tape: aKz8gSAgwY0 Cutting white electrical tape: Gz-gQbnmgNs Beamshot comparison, 6x on left, 8x on right: Anyone else who has an 8x, please feel free to post your media here!

Ever since we switched to the new forum and I started using the WYSIWYG editor, I've noticed that if you navigate to another page and back, the contents of your unfinished reply will be discarded. Using firefox on any other site, you can leave your post unfinished, then click a link, click back...