and if you use this laser long enough, you won't see anything ever again!
moondog Send a noteboard - 28/09/2012 07:59:23 PM
And for anyone considering a purchase, be careful. Every laser is dangerous when shined towards your eye, but high powered lasers like this can quite literally cause permanent blindness even when reflecting off walls and carpet (and we're talking milliseconds of exposure, not prolonged viewing). A lot of people think they're fine as long as they don't make contact with the beam, but that's definitely not enough; you NEED the safety goggles. These things are no joke.
Yeah, I kind of took them at their word on the goggles; my HS science teachers kind of beat into my head that even the milliwatt lasers we had (which, back then, were about the size of this one) can blind if shone directly into the eye. It stands to reason that since a 1 watt laser is 1000X more powerful, and lasers by nature concentrate all that power to a single point (which is why milliwatt lasers can damage retinas,) these should be handled with care. Still very cool though, and would TOTALLY keep the neighbors !#@#ing cat from walking on my windshield.
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Laser Guns Available Online for $300
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Science Hurts 
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Only if you do it right. 
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Fail
- 27/09/2012 03:47:57 PM
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Ironically, most of the hits I got googling "science hurts" were Bill Nye talking about Creationism.
- 27/09/2012 11:29:06 PM
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Holding out for plasma guns.
- 27/09/2012 04:07:12 PM
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Plasma produces far more collateral damage (potentially to the user) with far less utility.
- 27/09/2012 11:46:39 PM
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Awesome *NM*
- 27/09/2012 05:30:32 PM
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This is totally on my Christmas list, but the wife says Norway DOES have "laser control."
- 27/09/2012 11:49:50 PM
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Yeah, Finland has limits on laser's power too. The problem getting one would propably be customs.
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"Purpose for visiting Denmark?" "To purchase weapons of mass destruction." 
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These have been available for almost two years.
- 27/09/2012 06:59:41 PM
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"If you have not seen it, it is new to you!"
- 27/09/2012 11:53:33 PM
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and if you use this laser long enough, you won't see anything ever again!
- 28/09/2012 07:59:23 PM
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"The goggles, they do nothing!" 
- 29/09/2012 06:30:07 AM
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and you can rest easy in the fact your football knowledge is as good as a replacement ref
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