To turn this into a laser scanning microscope, the optical pickup is fitted to a 3D printed assembly that can slew it linearly for imaging purposes. Meanwhile, the Blu-ray player’s hardware is ...

So, if your Blu-ray player has gone from your home theater centerpiece to a dust-gathering ornament, one clever hacker knows just what to do with it. One of the laser-scanning microscope's primary ...

Volt says that the Blu-ray player is basically the same as a laser scanning microscope ... Mr. Volt decided to design parts using FreeCAD, a 3D CAD modeler. Upload the data to JLCPCB, a 3D ...

Forget that the Samsung BD-C6900 Blu-ray player does 3D-- it's hardly the ... HD entertainments to your TV in both 2D and 3D. Hooray for laser pixies! The rest of the machine is finished in ...

In the case of a Blu-Ray drive, an ultra precise blue (technically closer to violet in color) laser with a wavelength of 405 nanometers is focused on the surface of a disc, and how effectively ...

Designed by German YouTuber Doctor Volt, a recent DIY project uses parts of a defective Samsung BD-J5900 Blu-ray player to put a laser-scanning microscope together. Compared to optical microscopes ...

which is described as the first "prosumer" 3D printer, accomplishes this using the same type of laser found in your Blu-ray player. The Form 1 3D printer produces layers of just 25 microns ...

In keeping with past Blu-ray specs, new 3D Blu-ray players must deliver full high-definition 1080p resolution. All Blu-ray 3D players will be backward compatible, supporting playback of existing ...

In a 2D picture-performance shoot-out, the stand-alone player also outgunned the PS3, offering more detail in its image. This advantage didn't manifest itself with 3D Blu-ray viewing, however. Any ...

I'm looking to get a 3D bluray player, after finally getting over my HD-DVD angst. I have a bluray in the house already, but it was a (fabulous) Sony cheapie that replaced a crapped out old DVD ...

Panasonic’s dropped four Blu-ray players on CES goers today, the DMP-BD45, DMP-BD65 and DMP-BD85. But the big news is the DMP-BDT350, which is their first 3D player. That DMP-BDT350 features ...