Today, nearly all precision laser cutting of metals and non-metals is performed with tools equipped with either fiber lasers or ultrashort pulse (USP) lasers, or sometimes both. In this article, we ...

There was a time when the only 3D-printed items that most of us ever saw were created at places like universities or industrial design houses – now, thanks to the plethora of consumer 3D printers out ...

I've been using the xTool P2 for more than six months, putting it through its paces to see how this powerful 55-watt CO2 laser performs over time. And it's not let me down. This is an encased laser ...

Laser aficionado [Martin Raynsford] has built up experience with various laser cutters over the years and felt he should write up a blog post detailing his first-hand findings with an often overlooked ...

The most disappointing feature of this futuristic world we live in is, unequivocally, the lack of lasers. We can say that jet packs were a goofy idea, and who would trust us to pilot flying cars, but ...

When I covered MakerCon last month in New York for Gizmag, literally one of the first things I did was text a photo of the 45-lb (20 kg), tote-able laser cutter to my friend who owns a shop back home ...

Once upon a time, an aircraft pilot looking down toward the ground saw only the distant twinkling lights of homes and cities. But pilots have had an unfortunate high-tech worry for many years: ...

We know it’s hard to hear it, but the days of you being a hotshot at the local Hackerspace because you’ve got a 3D printer at home are long gone. While they’re still one of the most persnickety pieces ...

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