Personal projects / Optics & light
Laser business card
A pocket-sized projector that cast an engraved name card onto a nearby surface.
Open the numbered review →Compact projector and projected image
Photos 186, 188
A small laser projector I made to hand out in place of a paper business card. Light passed through an engraved acrylic element to project a pattern containing my name and contact details onto a surface. I recall powering this compact version with coin cells. It was a playful way to introduce my work when making new contacts.
The pattern projected by the engraved acrylic element. This was the effect behind the laser business card: a small handheld object that could display an introduction on a nearby surface.
Earlier prototype
Photo 187
An earlier, larger version of the projecting business card. This prototype used a green laser pointer, before I developed the more compact red-laser version.