Birthday of the LASER

[lasernerd]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser:happy:

[Wingzero01w]

48th birthday and still going...

Is there any kits or stuff to make lasers? They look like fun to make.

[Adrenalynn]

Have a look at "Information Unlimited" - they've been around forever.

http://www.amazing1.com/laser-plans.htm

Back in my day, we didn't have these fancy-smancy diodes. We pumped light the good ol' fashioned way. Our power supplies were built from half a dozen gutted televisions, triplers and flybacks, and took-up half a desk... No button-batteries for us!

'Course we had fun stuff like pulsed red ruby lasers...

Happy Birthday, Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation!

[Eric]

48 years later, and we still don't have laserbeams attached to sharks. :sad:

[Wingzero01w]

Thank you adrenalynn!

That site is so cool!

[LinuxGuy]

48 years later, and we still don't have laserbeams attached to sharks. :sad:
We do have lasers small enough to mount on a robot though. I've seen some small lasers in the $100.00 range that would be appropriate for making the robot with the friggin' laser on its head. I've been tempted a few times..

8-Dale

[LinuxGuy]

Back in my day, we didn't have these fancy-smancy diodes. We pumped light the good ol' fashioned way. Our power supplies were built from half a dozen gutted televisions, triplers and flybacks, and took-up half a desk... No button-batteries for us!
You sound like you're in my age range. I have a milestone birthday coming up real soon. I used to breadboard circuits with stock TTL parts, no microcontrollers, and certainly none easy to use if they did exist. Intel 4004, 8008, 8080, MITS Altair 8800 (a and b - I owned an a model), etc.

8-Dale

[Alex]

48 years later, and we still don't have laserbeams attached to sharks.

You mean:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh5Lh-tTSZQ

;)