Working lightsaber created

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Star Wars fans rejoice: someone has finally succeeded in creating a working lightsaber. And it can be yours for only US$197.97. Hong Kong company Wicked Lasers has manufactured “the most dangerous laser ever created,” a lightsaber with a blue beam that can burn retinas and set skin on fire.
The Spyder III Pro Arctic features a 1 watt laser the company warns is the most powerful portable laser available. The beam is a thousand times more powerful than sunlight on skin and the manufacturer warns it could cause cancer.
It’s definitely not something you want to give to your seven-year-old Star Wars fanatic.
Cautions Wicked Lasers:

Warning: Extremely dangerous is an understatement to 1W of laser power. At close range, this Class 4 beam will cause immediate and irreversable retinal damage. Use with extreme caution and use only when wearing proper safety goggles with an O.D. of 3+ is required and 4.4+ for longer exposures.
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For your convenience, the Arctic comes packaged with free safety glasses.
World Lasers says it ships the lightsaber to over 70 countries, Canada included.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/06/16/working-lightsaber-the-most-dangerous-laser-ever-created/

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

lol instant blindness at 1W I bet... 1W is some pretty scary stuff. I wonder if you can burn steel. I work with a 5W laser marker at home designed to serialize stainless steel. We're talking mark times of 0.1 secs or so...

 

[Evadman]

hello and welcome to 2 weeks ago.

 

[irishScott]

Can it burn through bikini straps? :sneaky:

 

[James Bond]

Anyone can buy this and just burn my eyes off? That sucks

 

[ScottSwing]

hello and welcome to 2 weeks ago.

^^^


And not quite as effective as a light saber.

 

[Nik]

It's not a working lightsaber, it's a portable laser.

 

[swanysto]

First tooth paste, now this? Why don't they just bomb us?

 

[preslove]

Fools.

First you must discover and master the force. The lightsaber is a useless toy without knowledge of the force.

 

[Babbles]

I need this.

 

[daw123]

I think I'll wait a bit, until it is powerful enough to cut through everything before I hit the 'Buy it' button.

 

[Eli]

Damn, a 1W laser sounds like a lot of fun. :evil:

 

[ScottSwing]

Here's a working light saber for you!

*points at crotch*

 

[daw123]

Here's a working light saber for you!

*points at crotch*

Don't mess with a woman scorned or annoyed.

Caveat: I'm assuming you are woman from your avatar and your post, although you could be a bloke wanting to disadvantage the opposition.

 

[F1N3ST]

OP Fail.

 

[Oceanas]

lol instant blindness at 1W I bet... 1W is some pretty scary stuff.

Prolonged exposure to blue laser light can alter and have a diminishing effect on a person's perception of the color green.Patients who were treated for being exposed too long to intense blue laser light in the milliwatt range were only able to perceive the green color in a period of about 4-6 months.

The blue wavelength can cause a distinct biochemical action in the release of free radicals which are then effectively absorbed by red blood cells in the capillaries. Blue laser light, 445nm or 470nm is absorbed more effectively by retinal tissue compared to 532nm green or 650nm red laser light.

Direct or indirect skin exposure to blue laser light is also harmful. The MPE (Maximum Permissible Exposure) for skin for a 3mm beam of this wavelength is approximately 200mW/CM^2. This is laser can easily generate a power density (irradiance) of about 15 Watts/CM^2. Therefore, this laser's beam exceeds the skin exposure MPE by ( 15 / 0.2 ) = 75 times. At this level of irradiance, skin exposure to the intense blue laser light can possibly cause cancer. Do not allow bare skin to be exposed, including your face when wearing safety goggles, to light diffusely reflected from any surface closer than several inches. This laser is a thousand times stronger than sunlight on skin and any type of exposure should be avoided whether it be from the collimated beam or close exposure to its bright diffused reflections.

Blue light hazard can cause BLINDNESS and not just color perception issues. The power of this laser is no joke, at 1W the Spyder III Pro Arctic is a Class 4 Laser. Do not allow unprotected eye exposure to diffusely scattered light from the beam terminating on a wall, the floor or other flat surface from this laser closer than 3 feet. Accidental eye exposure will definitely result in instant retina tissue damage even within just milliseconds of exposure. Direct eye contact with the beam or reflected will cause instant permanent damage and blindness. Sometimes blindness may take a day or longer for the onset. Unlike instant injury from a bright flash of a red or green laser, this effect is cumulative over 24 hours. It is also possible that such an exposure could cause retinal degeneration and even loss of vision later in life.

http://www.wickedlasers.com/laser-tech/blue_light_hazard.html

 

[Krazy4Real]

Yikes, a 1W laser. That's scary.

 

[sdifox]

how is this legal?

 

[guyver01]

how is this legal?

Hong Kong company

i think the key word is HONG KONG.

i dont think they have to abide by American laws over there.

:hmm:

 

[sdifox]

i think the key word is HONG KONG.

i dont think they have to abide by American laws over there.

:hmm:

Powerful LASER is restricted basically worldwide.

 

[Rubycon]

how is this legal?

If it has a FDA Ascension number than it would be.
However since it does not have a shutter, key lock, emission indicator, delay after activation and is a completed product not to be incorporated into a system that does have such safeguards it would not be permitted.

Of course driving over the speed limit is illegal too, right? Whether people get them and use them is up to enforcement. Customs can confiscate these without notice anywhere.

 

[sdifox]

If it has a FDA Ascension number than it would be.
However since it does not have a shutter, key lock, emission indicator, delay after activation and is a completed product not to be incorporated into a system that does have such safeguards it would not be permitted.

Of course driving over the speed limit is illegal too, right? Whether people get them and use them is up to enforcement. Customs can confiscate these without notice anywhere.

So, when are you going to build a 8x8 matrix with servos for each laser and video/computer aiming system?

For protection against pirates of course :awe:

 

[Rubycon]

So, when are you going to build a 8x8 matrix with servos for each laser and video/computer aiming system?

For protection against pirates of course :awe:

We already have a system.

For vehicles, remote deployment of the driver side airbag disables the driver instantly.

 

[sdifox]

We already have a system.

For vehicles, remote deployment of the driver side airbag disables the driver instantly.

boats don't have airbags.

 

[waggy]

hmm i want one..