Companies like Wicked Lasers will sell you a Blu-ray diode laser. But this DIY keychain looks flat-out deadly in this photo, like a mini one-shot pistol of the future ...

We recently told you about Wicked Laser’s new Sonar model, a pocket laser made from the Blu-ray diode (ripped from the still-beating heart of a Blu-ray DVD player ...

The project aims to produce a homemade Blu-Ray laser similar to the first time Blu-Ray laser from a PlayStation 3 that has been installed in a Star Trek Phaser. The design of the project includes a ...

The project utilizes a Sony Blu-Ray replacement drive assembly for the PS3 to build a Blu-Ray laser pointer device. The project utilizes a Sony Blu-Ray replacement drive assembly for the PS3 to build ...

Sony and Nichia have jointly developed a smaller, less costly Blu-ray reader/writer module. The company expects the new laser unit, which is just 3mm thick, to appear in the company's 9.5mm laptop ...

Blu-rays never quite managed to usurp DVDs entirely. Recent estimates, based on data gathered by Nielsen VideoScan and MediaPlayNews, suggest that as of Q2 2022, DVDs still controlled 51.4 percent of ...

Sanyo Electric has developed a blue laser diode that will help lay the ground toward higher capacity and faster Blu-ray Disc systems. Sanyo’s new blue laser diode can output a 450mW beam The laser can ...

Low Cell yields and Blu-ray laser problems, oh my! But then, we knew supplies were gonna be tight this winter.

Sanyo Electric Co. has developed a blue-laser diode that will help lay the foundation for higher-capacity and faster Blu-ray Disc systems. The laser can emit a beam of 450 milliwatts, which is about ...