After a longish hiatus, we were pleased to see a new video from [Afroman], one of the most accessible and well-spoken teachers the internet has to offer. If you’re new to electronics, see the previous ...

The guys from the House4Hack hackerspace in Johannesburg won the 2011 Google+ Hackathon with their Friggin’ Laser Turret. The build started off as a remote-controlled webcam that can be controlled by ...

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 following is excerpted from the ...

[Photo: Ryan Palser] If you’re a fan of the game Portal, at some point you might have wanted your very own Portal turret to protect your precious goods. Ryan Palser did, so he set to work on creating ...

A laser projector creates a light show that seems to be coming from dozens of laser beams. It only needs a single laser beam to create the effect because the beam is diffracted as it emerges from the ...

Makers, Arduino and electronics enthusiasts that have wanted to create a laser sky effect generator, may be interested in this new DIY tutorial which is being published by YouTuber “Normal Universe” ...

A prototype turret developed by Lockheed Martin for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Air Force Research Laboratory controls and compensates for air flow, paving the way for laser ...

“The ABC turret is the first turret ever to demonstrate a 360° field of regard for laser weapon systems on an aircraft flying near the speed of sound. Its performance has been verified in nearly 60 ...

With a solid state laser tied to an ABC turret installed on a fighter aircraft, dogfights may become equally as futile as beyond-visual-range missile attacks. A pilot could literally just look at ...

Last year, Lockheed Martin began testing a new tactical laser turret for future warplanes. After 60 test flights Lockheed says the 360° capability of the turret system has been verified, moving the ...