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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 Charliemopps · · Score: 0, Troll

    Bullshit, this is one of those things where the genie is out of the bottle. I seriously doubt the "Safety hazard" this poses to aircraft as the FAA is reporting over 200 attacks per year now and not a single one has resulted in any sort of mishap. If they were really worried about it they could simply give the pilots polarized glasses to put on during take off and landing and they wouldn't even notice the friggen things.