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Gov't Report: Laser Pointers Produce Too Much Energy, Pose Risk For the Careless

Posted by Soulskill on from the isn't-that-half-the-fun dept.

coondoggie writes "Commercial grade green and red laser pointers emit energy far beyond what is safe, posing skin, eye and fire hazards. That was the conclusion of a National Institute of Standards and Technology study on the properties of handheld lasers. The study tested 122 of the devices and found that nearly 90% of green pointers and about 44% of red pointers tested were out of federal safety regulation compliance."

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  1. Re:So then... by __aaltlg1547 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    What I want to know is, ok, I see a plane and I have a laser pointer and I am an asshole... with all of those things, I can't fathom how you are going to hit the cockpit of a moving plane tens of thousands of feet away.

    10s of thousands of feet away is not the problem. The problem is when the asswipe is off the end of the runway lighting you up as you try to land.