Have you ever tried moving around in an area lit by a bright rapid strobe light?
This can be blinding and it will disorient you and make keeping your balance while running away very difficult.
It however would make for fun high speed photography images:P
So while sunglasses or other visual shields may help, you still have to overcome the effects of the strobe.
http://www.eugeneciurana.com/musings/from_omni/sho pping.html'A technology under development by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, uses pulsed light, like strobe lights in a disco, to blind and disorient without the explosive component of dazzlers and flash bangs. The researchers are also working on sophisticated goggles that use liquid crystal display (LCD) technology to darken and lighten the eyepieces as the light pulses on and off, shielding whoever is using the technology from its effects. Reportedly, they've hit a stumbling block in trying to get the LCDs to react quickly enough.'
The one major thing to worry about though is that an item that can charge up incredibly fast, contain a lot of electricity, and store it efficiently, can also discharge rapidly and violently...
This quote from Douglas Adams seems to come to mind when reading the article:
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I guess I can not carry two devices on me any more.
My first thought was 'but does it play Doom?'
It however would make for fun high speed photography images :P o pping.html
'A technology under development by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, uses pulsed light, like strobe lights in a disco, to blind and disorient without the explosive component of dazzlers and flash bangs. The researchers are also working on sophisticated goggles that use liquid crystal display (LCD) technology to darken and lighten the eyepieces as the light pulses on and off, shielding whoever is using the technology from its effects. Reportedly, they've hit a stumbling block in trying to get the LCDs to react quickly enough.'
So while sunglasses or other visual shields may help, you still have to overcome the effects of the strobe. http://www.eugeneciurana.com/musings/from_omni/sh
The one major thing to worry about though is that an item that can charge up incredibly fast, contain a lot of electricity, and store it efficiently, can also discharge rapidly and violently...
I can't wait to stick these in my hybrid and my laptop! goodbye batteries!
There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
-Douglas Adams
I see it as a way for them to know what people are searching for, just like their google search engine. You'd be surprised to know how much that sort of information can be worth to companies.