If you were to walk into most of the world’s hackerspaces, it’s likely that the most frequent big-ticket tool you’ll find after a 3D printer is a laser cutter. A few years ago that would ...
Under the direction of Chinese researcher Li Xiao, nicknamed "Crazy Li," a team claims to have developed a device capable of arming small drones with laser beams powerful enough to cut through metal.
A laser of such an intensity is “sufficient to cut through metal”, wrote a research team led by Li Xiao, an associate researcher with the school of optoelectronic science and engineering of ...
While laser cutting remains the dominant force for rapid prototyping anything made of plastic, MDF or wood, the real holy grail is the ability to cut metal — something most laser cutters are ...
One of these collects the near-infrared laser light issued from a mobile ground station, and relays it to the other tube which reflects the powerful beam – "sufficient to cut through metal ...
A research team led by Chinese scientist “Crazy Li” has equipped small drones with the ability to emit powerful metal-cutting laser beams—a feat once thought impossible. The research ...