[William Osman] decided to try two unorthodox approaches to the gingerbread construct; first, he opted to build a gingerbread mobile home. Secondly, he cut the pieces out with a laser cutter.

It was not that long ago that the only laser cutters that you could get for home use were either prohibitively ... Many laser etching or cutting tools released in the past decade came as flatpack ...

At $1,199, the Glowforge Aura sits on the higher end of the entry-level laser cutter price range ... 45 minutes to carve out. I even cut out The Verge’s logo on acrylic with a design I hastily ...

There are already boxes with living hinges, boxes that fit 19″ racks, Eurorack skiff boxes with laser-cut mounting rails ... Underpinning the code is a LOGO-like finger-joint drawing routine.

Laser cutters ... with the CNET Logo. It gave the printer a far more premium look. (In case you're wondering, the pumpkin pie turned out great. The pumpkin around the cut tastes a little burnt ...

And now it’s been recreated in what may be my favorite form to date: 3D, laser-cut, 360-degree, miniature picture books ... the essence and inspiration for the art is staying close to home for many ...