Cool. Made me remember when I was shown a presentation of a russian DIY project back in 2010s. It was a CD-ROM drive used as a real microscope, without hardware

Cool. Made me remember when I was shown a presentation of a russian DIY project back in 2010s. It was a CD-ROM drive used as a real microscope, without hardware modifications (they put sample glass right in the CD tray). Presented by midschool student and his teacher (who did most of the reverse jobs, I presume). So, if that was possible, then THIS may also be possible using BR drive hardware. Anyway, proprietary documentation and code is always a blocker for progress.