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ChrisJSY said:
Not exactly always this case, you get idiots like I had in my college course, had a torch with a built in laser pointer and someone though it would be fun to shine it into someones eyes. The other guy had vision problems with a week, had to go to hospital to get it checked, was in a lot of pain. Unkown future problems ahead.

It isn't just people who want to cause harm, it's those who are incredibly stupid too.
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...and if it was not a laser, I m sure they would have ****ed about with something else and done equal damage. Its the nature of irresponsible people to screw about, thats the problem. :o
 
ChrisJSY said:
Not exactly always this case, you get idiots like I had in my college course, had a torch with a built in laser pointer and someone though it would be fun to shine it into someones eyes. The other guy had vision problems with a week, had to go to hospital to get it checked, was in a lot of pain. Unkown future problems ahead.

It isn't just people who want to cause harm, it's those who are incredibly stupid too.
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That's not going against what I said? The person was not on a mission to cause harm, but due to ignorance he did. It's yet another case backing up my theory that lasers very often find themselves being misused, often by people who you'd think would know better.

I doubt the instances of lasers intentionally being used as weapons are very high, I never said they were. However, nearly every time I've seen people around laser pointers, they seem to want to do exactly what they shouldn't and direct them at others. I haven't known any other devices to cause people to behave so irresponsibly, a BB gun might be in second place though!

-Colli$ion-, I'm sure you're responsible with your lasers and it's good that you've learnt about the electronics side of them too. However, it seems that many people are not and lasers as powerful as the one in the OP can cause damage so quickly that it is a practical inevitability it will happen if they are made available. Such a product just doesn't seem necessary in any way.

WRT the hobby of collecting/modifying laser pointers, modern LED torches contain very similar electronics so it follows you could learn the same from those as from laser pointers, but have/modify a device which has practical purpose :)
 
Would certainly not want to own one of these, the potential problems you could cause from making a little mistake are far too high.

Hope the import of such things is banned.

A gun is obviously dangerous to the average stupid person, it is very loud and traceable. A 'laser pointer' that has such power would not be treated with the same respect and would certainly be abused, either deliberately or accidentally.

What genuine legitimate uses would one of these have?
 
MiNxYyY said:
Should have these in the military :) A nice big Laser to put a hole through a terrorist
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You missed my post above:

US Navy Successfully Shoots Down Aircraft With Laser Weapon

The US Navy has successfully destroyed a number of unmanned drones using the Laser Weapon System. (LaWS) It is reportedly the first "detect-thru-engage" shoot-down of a simulated threat target in a combat-like scenario over water.

The weapon can replace the 20mm cannon normally mounted on Phalanx (or R2D2 as it is affectionately known) and has the advantage of vaporising the target rather than raining shrapnel and sometimes unexploded shells on the impact zone.

"Further development and integration of increasingly more powerful lasers into Surface Navy LaWS will increase both the engagement range and target sets that can be successfully engaged and destroyed," said Naval spokesperson Captain David Kiel.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/us-brings-drone-down-with-laws-raygun/story-e6frfro0-1225874886708
 
krooton said:
I'm still waiting for a valid use for such a device, or at least some expansion on the 'enjoyment' that can be derived from it.
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I'd be tempted, but only if it was strong enough to be used for engraving metal.

Would be kind of cool engraving designs onto metal components. Granted a proper machine and 2d software would be better but if you develop a cheap computer controlled movement system similar to a printer it could work quite well and is cheap enough.
 
I'd be tempted, but only if it was strong enough to be used for engraving metal.
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Not even my 40W Co2 laser will mark metal. You need lots of watts and a yag-NG probably.

I can however, spray the metal, the etch the paint away. There are some commercial products for marking metal as if it was "burnt". Horribly expensive tho'
 
Pinter75 said:
Not even my 40W Co2 laser will mark metal. You need lots of watts and a yag-NG probably.

I can however, spray the metal, the etch the paint away. There are some commercial products for marking metal as if it was "burnt". Horribly expensive tho'
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well, that rules this out for me then :(
 
I'm usually anti all these 'omg ban it' things but this looks dangerous. The thought of kids/chavs running round with those is quite frightening.
 
Sitting minding your own business and some moron shines it in your eyes from... well anything from accross the street to accross the park... because it amuses them.

I can unfortunately see this happening to some unlucky people out there.
 
Parsley said:
Sitting minding your own business and some moron shines it in your eyes from... well anything from accross the street to accross the park... because it amuses them.

I can unfortunately see this happening to some unlucky people out there.
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Very true. This is my primary concern about these.

Seeing the video really demonstrates just how dangerous these are :eek::(
 
This type of product should be kept out of the public's hands. Nothing like blinding a airplane flight crew or setting oil refineries on fire ..
 
Pinter75 said:
Not even my 40W Co2 laser will mark metal. You need lots of watts and a yag-NG probably.

I can however, spray the metal, the etch the paint away. There are some commercial products for marking metal as if it was "burnt". Horribly expensive tho'
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You actually dont' need lots of watts, a short pulse (nanoseconds) from yag in IR will do nicely. you can essentially do materials processing with that sort of kit easily.

sid
 
sid said:
You actually dont' need lots of watts, a short pulse (nanoseconds) from yag in IR will do nicely. you can essentially do materials processing with that sort of kit easily.

sid
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Ahh my bad. I should have said "lots of co2 watts, or a Yag.

:-:
 
-Colli$ion- said:
...and if it was not a laser, I m sure they would have ****ed about with something else and done equal damage. Its the nature of irresponsible people to screw about, thats the problem. :o
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You're right, it was the same person/people that mis-used power tools and broke things/lost things.

Dr.EM said:
That's not going against what I said? The person was not on a mission to cause harm, but due to ignorance he did. It's yet another case backing up my theory that lasers very often find themselves being misused, often by people who you'd think would know better.
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Oh sorry :o, but I agree with you then.
 
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