Japan has begun conducting live sea trials of a new 100-kilowatt-class laser weapon system installed aboard a military test ...

Japan has taken a major step toward fielding directed-energy weapons, moving ahead with sea-based trials of its new ...

While low-cost professional PCB fabrication has largely supplanted making circuit boards at home, there’s still something to be said for being able to go from design to prototype in an afternoon.

As reported in Advanced Photonics Nexus, researchers at Fraunhofer IOF in Germany have developed a simpler solution: a single ...

First, a Mazak fiber laser cuts a nest of parts, including cutouts, holes, and part perimeters. Unlike in a conventional nest ...

This project, sent in by [Henk], goes through a few different ways to make a solder stencil using a vinyl cutter, a CO2 laser, and a fiber laser. The project starts with identifying a method to ...