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Yep 1W or 1000mW, and it's blue.

I've done a little reading and apparently Nichia (big LED/diode maker) came out with these 1 Watt blue diodes for use in a new generation of laser video projectors.

I remember when the only hand-held blue laser you could get was a DPSS that needed an IR diode to pump a frequency doubler crystal then another blue one, and the cheapest Chicom pen pointer was a measly .5mW and cost $1200...

The greens still need to do this, start with an IR pump diode at 880nm, then a crystal absorbs and re-lases at 1024nm or so even deeper in IR, then turn it into 532nm green with a KPT crystal, but they're cheap because there's so many makers. Once someone figures out a direct-inject single stage green diode like the new crop of blues pushed by the Blu-Ray disc market, and the oldest, the IR and the reds, it'll be cool times.

You can have a 1080p video projector that would be visible on a wall in full sunlight, and it would be about the size of a pack of cigarettes. God knows what movie theater tech will look like soon.

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Anyone know of a good place to buy safety glasses/goggles?



And which ones in particular are useful for protecting against this Death Star Super Laser?



I've seen what it did to Kalifo...er Alderaan, I'd like to protect my eyes against the same fate.

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what the hell, i ordered one company said to expect in 3-4 weeks

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Are they charging you when you order or when it ships?

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Are they charging you when you order or when it ships?

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The WL Arctic comes with goggles, the Nova does not.

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Okay, so it's a laser pointer with a BluRay lens.

Wheeeeeeee  You can build these yourself for far less than $200

_MaH

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You fail at reading comprehension.

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You fail at analogy comprehension.

Yes, obviously it's not a BluRay lens, I can read just fine thank you.

But you'll get just about the same results, and for a lot cheaper.

_MaH

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You fail at analogy comprehension.

Yes, obviously it's not a BluRay lens, I can read just fine thank you.

But you'll get just about the same results, and for a lot cheaper.

_MaH

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Some guy on LPF got a tracking number....

THEY ARE SHIPPING!!!!!!!11!!!!  

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After reading the warnings on this thing, it is a little worrisome.



It reads as if someone could shine this on a crowd of people, and everyone that looked at it would be permanently blinded. INSTANTLY



Permanently blinding every single person at a football stadium before they can even think not to look at it? Am i reading this right?

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They sound really cool.



But I can't tell you how many times I was playing with one of my lasered handguns in the house and accidentally reflected it off of a mirror into my eye.

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Okay, I'll play!



At my workplace I have unrestricted access to a real class four laser engraver. In four words: That Thing Is Powerful. Literally in seconds I can GOUGE anything I want into anything I see fit. When I say gouge, I mean that I could cut your name into a quarter in seconds, and I mean all the way through. Not even carbide stands a chance against this machine. The police wanted me to laser engrave tracking numbers onto the barrels of their M240's and 249's which in less than a second cut numbers into those barrels a thousandth in depth. I was afraid that if I went too far I might compromise safety, but if I had wanted to I could have done serious damage. I've been toying with the idea of lasering my face onto quarters and putting them back into circulation, but I hear that's illegal. The laser engraver is ten times as powerful as the laser people are buying from Wicked Lasers.



That engraver will blind you permanently instantaneously if you don't respect it and it has quite the unique way of blinding you. Instead of one big zap and "OH NOES!" you're blind, it actually cauterizes your retina so everything on the opposite side of the cut from your optic nerve will be blackness. Imagine if I kicked your large flatpanel television to get an idea. The 1Watt laser they're selling here will PERMANENTLY blind you INSTANTANEOUSLY from more than a mile away. With a maximum range of 38 miles (Thirty Eight) you can feasibly blind airline pilots in their jets at cruising altitude of 30,000 feet, or a measly six miles. From the distances some dirtbag would zap you with it, I'm sure it'd be far less than six miles. Maybe across a street or down a block. You could be walking down the street, someone walks the blue dot across your eyes, and you're blind. just as fast as you read that sentence, your sight is gone. Please refrain from calling it a "Gay Ass Laser" for that reason alone. These are just as, if not more dangerous than a loaded firearm, especially if in the hands of a criminal. I mace you and you're blind or impaired for a few minutes to an hour. I nail you with this laser and you're blind for the rest of your life.



The lasers you can buy now that you play with your pet with are rated in the milliwatt range. The one I have my cat doing backflips for is actually right around five milliwatts. It is nearly painful if not significantly uncomfortable if I shine it in my eyes for a second and it's a simple red laser. These lasers they're talking about here are more than a THOUSAND times more powerful than the laser I'm playing with now. The minimum safe distance to get shined with it is 22 miles! Yes that's twenty two miles! Anywhere inside that and damage to your eyesight goes up exponentially.



Here's an image. Mind you that this is for a laser significantly less powerful than the one being ordered by so many. Maybe this will explain why you should fear it more than you are now.



http://www.laserist.org/files/laser-pointer_hazard-distances_nightscene_1019x800.jpg



Comprende?

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Your police have belt fed weapons?
 

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U.S.A.F. S.P.s I think.

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Tag for when one of you buys one, finds out what it's really capable of, then I can buy one.

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None. It'only a watt.

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Some guy on LPF got a tracking number....

THEY ARE SHIPPING!!!!!!!11!!!!  

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did anyone pick up the extra optics kit? I ordered mine before it was listed on the site.

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Bingo. Their Master Sergeant [E-7] brought over twenty four 249 barrels and fifteen 240 barrels. I could do the 249 barrels in class 1 mode, meaning it's in a box with a protective glass viewing window that is like welder's goggles.

For the 240's I had to remove the laser unit from the box and put it into class 4 mode. That thing is WICKED dangerous! I didn't think it was going to be as bright as it was as I'd only seen it in action through the little window before that. I had to goggle up, close the door, post a guard, and look away when I hit the "Fo" button. (Yes I engraved "Fo" on it) That's not the Air Force's rules, that's the manufacturer's recommendations! It makes a super high pitches squealing noise when you've got it on one of the higher settings and you're engraving metal. It looked like a four second continuous camera flash and there was his tracking number. When he first brought the barrels over he was skeptical and said that it probably wouldn't hurt skin. Too bad he wouldn't put his arm in there. I'd have happily tattooed something on his arm for him. I thought, "Not Sure" would be funny.

I engraved my name on a new Larue "Dillo" today. I had it on the lowest possible setting for steel and it took less than two seconds to engrave a thousandth into the spine. I don't think they're made of steel... The second one I did looks awesome, almost as if it were done custom at Larue.

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Video on laser in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__5CpKlr4-4

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Off topic...but did he mention why he wanted them engraved instead of just attaching a tag to the barrels like most units do?

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Just placed my order.

I don't like doing business over the Internet with the Chinese but I had to have one.

They better not fuck me or I'll go all Bauer on a chinaman's ass.

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Video on laser in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__5CpKlr4-4

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I ordered a week ago and still no tracking number : (

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so watching that video... and im actually a little scared to buy one...

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in all likelihood it will be another month i'm guessing.
 

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Well Wicked came back and charged my CC Friday.

By what they've told everyone else they won't post the charges until its shipping, I still don't have a tracking number yet, but the charge is definitely posted