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Green Security Clearance Laser Pistol Available

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the insert-remaining-eye-joke-here dept.

nazgul000 writes "You thought those green laser pointers sold by ThinkGeek and others were pretty cool, didn't you? Well, think again." It seems obligatory to point out that even laser pointers, and certainly anything more powerful than those, are capable of causing real damage.

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  1. Given that the "old" ones weren't used responsibly by popo · · Score: 4, Interesting


    I remember reading that traditional "red laser" pointing devices were being banned from British football matches because fans would point them in to the eyes of goalkeepers. Someone told me that they were at a Liverpool match once and one of the goalkeepers had about 8 red dots all over his body when he made a save.

    Now we've got something that can fry the friggin ball itself...

    Anyone want to bet on the "responsible adult" factor for international soccer fans.

    These things are a bad idea....

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  2. Check CFR Title 21 and CDRH by human+bean · · Score: 3, Interesting

    http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/index.html for the governmental take on this sort of thing.

    Aside from that, It's pretty easy to bang together anywhere from one to thirty watts or so of genuine tm00 when you need to. The laser diode bars out of high-end (real) laser printers do an pretty good job of pumping either gas or solid phase lasers. Microwave oven parts and glass tubing can be recycled into a pretty good nitrogen laser, and you don't even need a vacuum pump...

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  3. Re:Endless road rage/vigilantism uses... by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    At >100mw, 540nm, if your window is reasonably clean, there should be no need at all to roll it down.

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  4. Re:Given that the "old" ones weren't used responsi by HangingChad · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Oh, boy, now you've done it. Football fans over here will be thinking about blinding the wide receiver or the qb. Or batters at the plate. Just enough to distract them.

    Pretty freaking sad when athletes and musicians have to start wearing these any time they're in front of a crowd.

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  5. Lawn Mower by Corrado · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ok, I know I'm not the only one who has thought of this, but why not build a lawn mower out of this laser? It would be silent, energy efficient, compact, lightweight, non-polluting, and cheap to build and maintain. Just mount a spinning mirror to the bottom of a regular power mower and shine the laser down on it. You could even diffuse the beam so that it becomes "non-lethal" after 1 meter or so. It wouldn't even have to have an grass discharge outlet (clippings (c|w)ould burn up completely?) that usually let's all kinds of objects fly out at you.

    This would be a much safer lawn mower than the one you have in your garage right now. Think about it; how many times have you run across rovers dog bone remains and had them shoot out at high speed? What about accidentally sticking your foot/hand in the path of the blade? At least with the laser it will make a clean cut. :)

    Hell, I'd pay $1000 for a power mower with those qualities! I recently paid $300 for a crappy mower and good ones are going for $500. Then there's the upkeep (spark plugs, oil changes, fuel consumption, etc.) that rack up at least $100/year. In 5 year's time, this mower would pay for itself.

    Hmmmm...I gotta go now... /me runs to USPO!

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  6. Re:Warning! by maxdamage · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sounds like he may be a future Darwin Awards candidate.