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If you're looking to have a little weekend science-lab fun with lasers it turns out that in the heart of every cheap laser pointer is a fire-starting, balloon-popping, monster.

What's the secret to upgrading your cheap laser from a boring presentation tool to a goggles-on-for-safety experiment? Over at Wired's How-To wiki they detail how to take apart a cheap laser pointer and find the adjustable variable-resistor on the circuit board inside. Tweak that resister with a small jeweler's screw driver and you can crank the juice up on your laser pointer—not too far or you'll burn it out! Visit the wiki at the link below for full instructions.

Inspired by the potential burnination of your cheap laser? Check out how to turn a DVD player laser into a hand-held burning laser. Have a warranty-voiding bit of fun to share? Lets' hear about it in the comments. Oh, and please be careful, and proceed at your own risk.

Digital wrist watches are so 2008, especially when compared to the new Alessi Laser Shot watch.  This concept timepiece features actual laser based time projection.

The clock will use actual lasers to project the current time against the users skin. It also features a sleek design that will definitely have people around you talking.

Alessi claims the laser won’t burn your skin, but they’ll have to convince quite a few people of that fact before it goes from concept to commercialization. [Technabob]

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