humor Imagining a cat actually catching a red laser pointer dot Rusty Blazenhoff

xkcd "What If?" by Randall "xkcd" Munroe is available on Kindle Unlimited Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Are you cut out to be a COVID-19 stay-at-home teacher for your kids? Maybe these DIY projects can help. Boing Boing's Shop

Gentlemen doing things Watch: video of man arrested for aiming laser pointer at aircraft Mark Frauenfelder

DRONES Protestors use laser pointers to bring down police drone David Pescovitz

science fiction Read: Jeannette Ng's Campbell Award acceptance speech, in which she correctly identifies Campbell as a fascist and expresses solidarity with Hong Kong protesters Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Create your robot army with these Arduino and Raspberry Pi kits Boing Boing's Shop

china After student arrested for carrying laser-pointers, Hong Kong protesters stage "stargazing" laser-protest Cory Doctorow

Kids Magic ball and vase is a trick that kids actually enjoy Jason Weisberger

makers Cool hand-cranked laser show made from 3D printed parts Mark Frauenfelder

Funny Cat sees laser pointer dot for the first time Xeni Jardin

Obsessively check temperatures I can't stop playing with this cheap, no-contact, IR thermometer Jason Weisberger

family See microbes with a DIY phone microscope Mark Frauenfelder

offworld 5 games with weapons you'd never expect Laura Hudson