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What Could You Do With 120 Laser Pointers?
lazed-dazed asks: "I've recently come into possession of a large number (120 of 'em) of keychain laser pointers (minus the fancy diffraction adapters, though the specs are the same). So, Slashdot, I ask you: Can you give me any project ideas for these low-wattage bad boys? Holograms? Fancy cigarette lighters? Laser cannons? The crazier, the better! Oh, and don't bother suggesting cat toys."
and attach it to some tree branch.
that + some wind should look eery enough when it's foggy.
oh yeah attach some death trap it to keep it from being stolen.
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
Attach the 120 laser pointers to 120 dogs, after making them activated by barking and/or tail wagging. Release dogs at a cat show.
Get 120 ill-tempered sea bass and a lair. Also Elizabeth Hurley and/or Heather Graham. Actually you could pretty much skip the bass.
Just buy 120 sensors which can recognize laser
o m. Put a
light, a ton of wires, a loud electronic horn,
and a computer to connect them to.
Then you can build your very own 'I-have-
something-very-expensive-to-protect'-ro
tux or your favorite CBN-Shrine in the middle and
place sensors and lasers at the walls crossing
the room in a wild way.
Congratulations, the room is now safe from
intruders. (at least you will hear them if they
come.)
cy
PS: Hey... you could practice to come thru there
without hitting the beams like in these movies,
where they try to steal a huge diamond, some
prototype chips or a very tasty peanut butter
sandwich. Choose what you prefer to reach...
Reading this signature is senseless so don't do it.
Funny. No really. The first time some idiot let me use a laser pointer was on the roof of the dorm, at midnight, when the power had gone out. I would just silently point it at people walking to and from the dorm. Then, when that didn't work and they started to run, I'd just shout, "NO USE RUNNING. IT'S A HIGH-POWERED RIFLE."
Oh well. One person's funny, is another person's terrorist threats. But back then you wouldn't even get written up for crap like that. Of course, that might have been because I gave them someone else's name and room number.
Get a huge ballon and a tank of helium. Inflate huge ballon. Attach laser pointers to it turn them all on and let it flaot away. Then put on the local TV news and wait for reports to come in. Extra points in your are near to an airport or airforce base. ;)
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Why not sell 119 of them on e-bay and use the proceeds to buy a fat cat.
Kids today are tyrants. They contradict their parent, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers. - Socrates 400 BC
Take out security cameras in a good chunk of downtown London....
Laser pointers nicely mess up video camera... It probably won't hurt the camera, but here is a fun read if you have a bit of time on your hands.
+++ UGUCAUCGUAUUUCU
You will need:
322,951 crewmen
Several million tons of quadanium steel
Approx. 950,000 troopers in cool white plastic uniforms
One (1) small moon at the outer edges of the known galaxy at which to construct the thing.
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Here are some technical specs, and a handy diagram.
Basically, you do the following:
(1) Use all the steel to build this gigantic metal ball, with a dimple on one side. You use a huge rubber band (available at your friendly neighborhood hardware store) to hold the laser pointers together, and put them in the dimple (make sure the batteries are always charged.) Get all your 1.5-odd million crew guys and troops on board, and fire the bitch up.
(2)
(3)profit!
Warning: Warranty void in case of attack by swarms of rebel fighters and small foam balls.
Cole's Law: Thinly sliced cabbage
Then imagine the fun of a whole bunch of pranksters doing 20 to life at Ft. Leavenworth.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
Hell, attach mirrors to the speaker cone and point them at that from different angles. Play music through the speaker and instant light show!
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Attach about 30 of them to two gloves, and go dancing.
Attach an AC adapter and mount a row of them above the front door, aiming down.
Give them away at a local school. The teachers would love that.
Drill holes into a thick wooden board, mounting the pointers upwards under a sheet of transparent plastic or glass. Sacrifice an audio LED controller or two to synchronize the beams to music. Learn to dance.
Attach them all to a single trigger, and mount them together with a large amount of tape. Keep in your glovebox. When someone cuts you off, aim at their rear-view mirror.
Build your own really inefficient 3D scanner.
Can you say, Flash Mob?
The ______ Agenda
Shine lots of beams across your living room, set up a fog making machine, and see if Catherine Zeta Jones turns up...
The next morning, call your friend and ask him how the girl was in bed.
Put them all in a frame, each pointing at a phototransistor, and link to a frequency generator or microcontroller with MIDI output. Now you have a laser harp.
In fact, here's a very informative website on the subject: The 250 laser harp project. Includes links to different projects, schematics, part sources, etc.
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If there is a quicker way to get yourself shot, I don't know of it.
Find 119 friends. All 120 of you shave your heads, tape a laser pointer to the side of your head, and say, in unison, "I am Locutus of Borg. Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated."
attach them to sharks... and have sharks with friken laser beams attached to their heads!
--Dr. Evil
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