My friend bryan found this little gem.
http://www.instructables.com/id/60-Laser-Engraver--Cutter/
The guide shows how to make a pantograph; which is a device that lets you mimic hand movements in 2D exactly using a mechanical device. Kinda cool, i wonder what other applications they could have.
There is rumor that you could hook the laser up in place of the ink-cartridge, and turn a printer into a laser engraver/cutter. Frankly, I don't think it will be powerful enough for good work. I'd probably go with a 60 Watt CO2 laser if i was to build one myself.
Very cool nonetheless.
By the way nasa is cool :) Perhaps some future CNC projects...
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/3d_resources/3d-models-gallery.html
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Quick easy way to get OCR - to get your computer to recognize text from a JPG or PDF file and convert it to editable text. I'm sure there are better solutions but i had to do it fast.
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