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What's especially remarkable about this process is how they're using an every-day piece of electronics, a Lightscribe, a DVD burner basically, to do the product
by astrodust 11y ago
What's especially remarkable about this process is how they're using an every-day piece of electronics, a Lightscribe, a DVD burner basically, to do the production.
They need a laser with precision control and where better to find one than in a device like that.
- calibum 11y ago> a Lightscribe, a DVD burner basically, Lightscribe IS a DVD burner; in addition to burning DVDs, it lets you write patterns on the other (non-data) side. This uses that ability to etch the solution poured on the top.
- p1mrx 11y agoLightScribe was discontinued in 2013, and is no longer available on new drives. It's fortunate that someone thought to try this experiment during its brief window of popularity.
- astrodust 11y agoFinding these used would not be hard.