LaserPecker LX2 review: Large scale dual laser cutter

Excellent cutting with the 40W diode and engraving with the 2W IR laser, let down by inconsistent positioning and measuring probe.
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Twitch streamer uses electrodes to manipulate balance using electricity — can be used to control a real-life human being with an Xbox controller or joystick, simulate racing game G-force

Perri Karyal shared her device used for GVS, which alters her balance and simulates G-forces, especially in racing games.
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American factory worker Robert Williams became the first human to be killed by a robot on this day in 1979 — man crushed by a robot’s mechanical arm at the Ford plant in Flat Rock

Today marks the anniversary of what is widely regarded to be the first death of a human caused by a robot.

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xTool F2 Ultra Fiber Laser review: Fast metal engraving in color

xTool’s new F2 Ultra fiber laser cuts and engraves metal, in color.

Floppy disk drive converted into smart TV remote for kids — dev’s toddler inserts vividly labeled floppies to watch his favorite shows

Techy dad creates easy, tactile, Smart TV control system fed by colorfully labelled floppy disks.

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Laser cutting and engraving from a software perspective — master your hardware and optimize your creative output with some software know-how

We take a closer look at the software side of laser cutting and engraving.

Better safety features make laser engravers more popular than ever – a guide to the ins and outs of laser engraving and cutting

Upgraded safety systems make modern lasers easier to trust and easier to recommend.

Motorized aim assist system uses a moving mousepad for laser-accurate headshots — a cannibalized GRBL drawing system and computer vision software deliver perfect shots

Boost your targeting skills with a mechanized mousepad-driven aim assist system

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World’s smallest autonomous robots are ‘smaller than a grain of salt,’ cost one penny apiece — researchers expect new micron-scale fully-programmable robots to be used in medicine, microscale manufacturing, and other areas

Fully programmable, autonomous robots ‘smaller than a grain of salt’ have been developed by research teams from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan.
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Robots fashioned from dead lobster exoskeletons have awesome strength, light weight, and flexibility — necrobotics advance mixes sustainable food waste with synthetic components

Swiss scientists have demonstrated the use of dead lobster tails as robotic appendages.

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