Companies like Wicked Lasers will sell you a Blu-ray diode laser.But this DIY keychain looks flat-out deadly in this photo, like a mini one-shot pistol of the future…that can fire for a whole ...

Doctor Volt used various parts from the Samsung Blu-ray player, including a laser diode, stepper motor to move the laser, its optical pickup unit, and focus coil, for their project.

This laser pointer has a 405nm Blu-ray laser diode housed inside spacecraft grade 6061-T6 aluminum. These are the same laser diodes that caused the delay of the European PS3 launch because of ...

This laser display is persistent thanks to a glow-in-the-dark screen. [Daniel] built it using a Blu-ray laser diode. As the laser dot traverses the screen, it charges the phosphors in the glow mate… ...

In addition to a Blu-Ray lasers, he also has versions with a 200mW red diode. Related: Laser projector zippo Posted in Laser Hacks , News Tagged blu-ray , bluray , electronics , keychain , laser ...

Taiwan-based makers of game consoles and components say that the coming end of Blu-ray laser packaging shortages should result in a PlayStation 3 price cut, perhaps as much as $100. According to ...

We tested out an expensive laser the other day and found it sufficient for lighting a candle, but this one appears to be rather more powerful — and you can gank it out of a Blu-ray player.

Sony has developed a smaller (and therefore cheaper) Blu-Ray laser, which if they decide to put into new PS3s, would significantly cut the production cost. This means that Sony would start making mone ...

A new Blu-ray laser has been created that could significantly lower the cost of production as well as look a lot cooler than the fatty laser being used currently. This is, of course, assuming Sony ...

Sharp stepped up at the 70th Autumn Meeting of the Japan Society of Applied Physics to promote its new 500mW Blu-ray laser that is reportedly production ready and waiting to churn out triple and ...