Google+ laser hack, Hangout shoots first (video)

We’ve all been in those boring meetings where you simply would like to let rip on marketing with a laser blaster. And you can now… kinda. Better of all, you do not even ought to leave your La-Z-Boy. House4Hack, a Johannesburg based hackerspace knocked up a dual-servo, Arduino-controlled webcam for its entry into the 2011 Google+ hackathon. Deciding that this wasn’t nearly awesome enough, they made the logical improvement of adding a splendiferous laser attachment for the very best Google+ Hangout accessory. Now, colleagues can ‘show-up’ remotely once they cannot be found in person, and register their disapproval within the way nature intended — radiation amplified light. To determine it in action, tap the video after the jump.

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