Her excellent hack uses a Processing sketch that converts a digital audio file into a vector graphics file, which is then burned onto vinyl using a laser cutter. We saw a demo of this at the ...

The pattern is set for raster engraving, and the notched outline will be vector cut. From here, he simply exports the design, and the laser handles the rest. This hack turned out so cleanly it ...

The laser cutter can then be told to do different things with each colour. The first colour should be used for the shapes that have to be cut out. This is called 'vector cutting'. The second ...

Laser cutting works by directing a laser together with a motion control system to follow a pattern to be cut out of a sheet of material. The laser either melts, burns, vaporizes away the material, or ...