At CEDIA Expo last year, Sony surprised attendees with two new 4K Laser SXRD home theater projectors, the BRAVIA Projector 8 and BRAVIA Projector 9. Today, Sony unveiled their little brother, the BRAVIA Projector 7, and it shares the killer feature of its more expensive siblings: the XR Processor for Projectors. While the laser light … Read more
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. AMC and IMAX Corporation IMAX have entered into a major agreement that will introduce IMAX with Laser technology to over 180 AMC and IMAX locations across the country. As part of this deal, AMC will add 12 new IMAX locations and upgrade 68 existing ones to the IMAX with Laser format. … Read more
With large flat panel TV prices dropping every year, the case for UST (Ultra Short Throw) projectors has been getting harder to make. But if your screen size requirement is greater than 100 inches, or you want a TV or home theater solution that can virtually disappear when not in use, then a projector – … Read more
Guys, I’m seriously worried that my husband might leave me. Why? Because I can’t stop engraving everything in my house. Ever since Acmer sent me a P3 dual laser engraver to test, I’ve been engraving pretty much everything I own that fits into the machine. And everything my husband owns. And all my dog’s stuff. … Read more
Kickstarter Success: Over $3.7M Raised Xlaserlab’s crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter has surpassed $3.7 million, demonstrating strong demand and support from makers and professionals worldwide. Breaking Industrial Boundaries Xlaserlab is revolutionizing the desktop laser market by making industrial-grade laser welding, cleaning, and cutting accessible to independent creators, small workshops, and professional studios. Historically, high-precision laser technology has … Read more
A piece of glass, some bits of tinfoil, a sheet of plastic, a couple of razor blades, and a few assorted bits and bobs are all it takes to build this TEA nitrogen laser. Oh, and a 5,000-volt flyback supply with enough amperage to stop your heart. You’ll need that too. Seriously, if you choose … Read more
What’s that smell? If you can’t tell, maybe a new laser system from CU Bolder and NIST can help. The device is simple and sensitive enough to detect gasses at concentrations down to parts per trillion. The laser at the system’s heart is a frequency comb laser, originally made for optical atomic clocks. The laser … Read more
Jack of all trades, master of none, as the saying goes, and that’s especially true for PCB prototyping tools. Sure, it’s possible to use a CNC router to mill out a PCB, and ditto for a fiber laser. But neither tool is perfect; the router creates a lot of dust and the fiberglass eats a … Read more
Metabolic imaging is a valuable noninvasive method for studying living cells with laser light, but it’s been constrained by the way light scatters when it shines into tissue, limiting the resolution and depth of penetration. MIT researchers have developed a new technique that more than doubles the usual depth limit while boosting imaging speeds, yielding … Read more
With so much hype being showered on extra large screen TVs like the 98-inch models from TCL and the 116-inch model (116UX) shown at CES 2025 from Hisense one would think that manufacturers had thrown in the towel on video projectors. We still think it’s going to be a few years before high-end projectors become … Read more