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Blindness AND Cancer?! Where do I sign up?? (Wicked's new c4 laser)
delroland
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Spotted this on Gizmodo.
Wicked lasers just released this monstrosity:
Wicked lasers just released this monstrosity:
I'm not sure if I want one. The coolness factor is definitely up there, but the risks of blindness and injury are SIGNIFICANT. The price point is also insane (edit: insanely low): $200 for a class 4 laser!Wicked Lasers radically redefines the way we see lasers yet again. For the first time in history, direct blue laser diodes have now become available in the consumer market. The laser powered home theater projector is the first of a large family of audio and video media technology to feature direct blue diodes. Wicked Lasers took the direct blue laser diode components and made the world's first 445nm direct blue diode laser, the Arctic.
The Artic emits a 445nm cool blue, ultra high power 1W beam which appears up to 4000% brighter than the Sonar's 405nm violet beam. This direct blue laser diode is the result of the evolution of laser technology. Less than one year ago, this laser would have cost thousands of dollars to build. Don't let the Arctic name fool you, this laser possesses the most burning capabilities of any portable laser in existence. That's why it's also the most dangerous laser ever created.
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"Go up, thou bald head." -2 Kings 2:23
edit: how well might this thing work for cutting/melting plastic? I like modeling Nerf guns and that would certainly come in handy though I would be scared of setting someone on fire
Not much, given that a laser is a focused beam of parallell light - ie, they're already all heading in the same direction in a narrow beam.
I would never point this thing at a person.. in fact, there are very few things I feel that I would point this at.. Maybe useful to start a campfire or something though..
I want one but I'm scared of it.
Super pocket laser lighter
No, not really....
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You know, for science...
Never mind the blindness and all that; what happens if the interlocks fail and it lights up whilst it's in a drawer or something?
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It runs down the battery, most likely? Worst case scenario it starts a fire, just like every other electrical device in your house?
I can think of a few crimes that would be so easy to commit with this deadly weapon. So many creative applications.
Laser powered super criminals?
No, Mr. Bond: I expect you to get rather badly burnt, and maybe develop cancer in a few years!
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Blind them and set their clothes on fire. Probably wont rob anyone again.
FADE IN:
INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT
Steps are heard going down a corridor, each one having a distinct click or clack sound.
A sinister individual wearing a flowing black trench coat walks down this empty corridor that leads far into a darkness at the end. The walls and floors are a cold, pale light blue color. Metallic in texture.
SECURITY GUARD (O.S.)
"Hey, uh you're not supposed to be here..."
The individual stops in place, and the sudden quietness in the hall is very noticeable. The individual turns around slowly until she stands facing the security guard. She stares at him for a moment from behind her large Dior sunglasses with custom, but subtle, ruby black lenses. She tilts her head slightly for a moment.
Suddenly with a quick flick of her wrists, class 4 Arctic Lasers slide into her gloved hands from her trench coat sleeves. She grips them hard and firm.
The security guard looks at the lasers and shakes his head. He laughs gently as he takes his collapsible baton from his belt. He puts one foot behind him and presses a button on the baton, then swings it downward quickly to his side to quadruple it's length.
The individual still stands motionless, and unflinching.
SECURITY GUARD
"Now look mam, I know you think you-"
Suddenly, the individual swings her arms up in a criss cross motion, sending two instant sweeps of bright blue laser beams across the hall at eye level. Her arms return to their original position.
The security guard drops his baton and shrieks in pain and terror as his vision burns away instantly.
The individual runs three steps, jumps, spins, and sidekicks the security guard so hard in the throat he dies unquestionably.
The security guard falls backward to the ground, dead, mouth and eyes wide open, pupils burnt.
Panning up and backward, we see the individual regaining her passive stance with lasers still in hand. The blue beams flicker for a second and disappear. She continues walking.
Steps are heard going down a corridor, each one having a distinct click or clack sound.
I was totally going to order one of these, even managed to get onto the website (website was wonky, wasn't easy) and the warnings and cautions dissuaded me...
It really is just too dangerous for me to justify owning. Which is strange, because I have no problem owning firearms. Perhaps because this just looks so much like a toy, and knowing that an average person, even an intelligent person, would not understand how dangerous it was without being warned explicitly.
It's just way too powerful and easy to use. Any kid will pick this up and instantly point it at his/her friends without thinking of the consequences.
Don't give me that "think of the children" stuff.
The same can be said for anything in the hands of stupid kids, Even sticks.
The first thing I did with my dad's red laser pointer 15 years ago was shine it into friends' eyes. And you know what? It was fucking hysterical.
This is a deadly weapon.
Imagine some kid sitting on a bridge over a highway shining a blue laser into the eyes of drivers, so they crash and KILL THEIR FUCKING SELVES
They can do the same thing with a rock
A laser is different.
You can snipe out a dude's vision from a far as hell distance, quietly and masterfully with one of these lasers.
Well, I'm sure the bright blue beam would be a bit of a hint as to its point of origin.
But you can also snipe cars at a distance with a slingshot.
again, rocks
It would be unstoppable
It's a laser. A laser that can blind INSTANTLY. A laser that, unlike a slingshot, does not need practice to use effectively and goes through a windshield much easier than any rock could.
You really think a rock is as dangerous as this laser?
Does this thing pass through metal detectors?
Not without setting them off.
Metal casing, metal in the batteries, metal in the wiring...
Could it get through the XRay machine at the airport?
Or say, the XRay machine to a presidential event or something of that nature?
Without someone opening it up and saying, what tha fuck is this?
Yeah, it is indeed scary.
Its a 1-watt laser. Let's not overexagerate here. Blindness, yes. Setting things on fire from short range, yes. Death star beam, no.
EDIT I mean for fuck's sake they made it by tearing apart a projector and scavenging the parts.
Scenario made me laugh, I'm not going to lie.
It's that little bastard up there with the lightsaber, arrest him officer!
Depends on the beam collimation. They quote <1.5mrad divergence. A beam with 1mrad divergence will have a beam diameter of 15mm at 15m, which means that the irradiance (W/m^2) will be 100x lower than at the output. It's still a stupid laser to own though. Most laser labs start putting in serious controls (interlocks, safety goggles, etc.) when the laser classification is Class 3B.
Edit: Class 3B being lasers >5mW
I bet these aren't legal in the UK.
More likely catch a reflection of a shiny surface and blind the bartender. Hells, even diffuse viewing (from a non-reflective material) is dangerous at Class 4 without the use of eye-protection. HSE legislation on the control and use of lasers only became law though recently, and I think that only applies to employees in the workplace.
It's illegal to carry things like this in public in Australia, or at least Sydney. A bunch of people were shining them at helicopters and planes and the like.
The green lasers are close enough to dangerous. This thing could cause permanent blindness.