A few months ago, Buildlounge and Full Spectrum Laser started a contest to win a 40 Watt laser cutter. The only requirement? Submit a project that uses light in some way. The deadline is now over and ...

Snapmaker has always made good three-in-one machines. Now it's focusing its sights on a dedicated laser cutter. James Bricknell Senior Editor James has been writing about technology for years but has ...

The Epilog Laser Cutters use a high power CO2 laser for accurately engraving and cutting various materials. In the Maker Lab we have an Epilog Zing24 60 Watt laser cutter and an Epilog Zing24 40 Watt ...

The black blob IC is of a particular annoyance to the modern hacker. There is no harm in peeking under the hood to see how the IC works. But when it’s covered in a mountain of seemingly indestructible ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The Glowforge Aura costs $1,199, but it’s still far cheaper than its premium counterparts. The Glowforge Aura ...

These are great days for makers. Affordable 3D printers and CNC mills are popping up everywhere, opening up new worlds of production to wide ranges of designers. However, one major tool still hasn't ...

Crave writer Michael Franco catches up with one of the creators of the Origami laser cutter, now blasting through a campaign on Kickstarter. Michael Franco Freelancer Michael Franco writes about the ...

It's hard to believe we've been working with and exploring 3D printers for three years here on ZDNet. Before MakerBot sent me their early Replicator, I had never touched a 3D printer. That said, I was ...

After 22 and 40 watts, Creality has now increased the power of the Falcon 2 laser cutter once again to 60 watts. The high power is achieved by twelve laser diodes of 5 watts each, whose beams are ...