Laser Glow Board
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Why wax poetic:
It's a glow in the dark board. You can draw on it with lasers.
It is like a remote self-erasing Etch A Sketch.
Parts
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- Glow in the dark tape or paint (I used this tape from Amazon)
- 405nm UV laser
Build
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Cut the tape into strips. Put the strips on a board or wall or anything; it doesn't really matter.
Draw
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For tight clean lines hold the laser against the board and draw on it like you would with a pen. It can also be drawn on from across the room, but the lines are all squiggly.
The second video shows a prototype, where I used two different brands of glow tape with two different half-lives. This is what causes the stripe pattern.