Portable 1W Laser for Sale

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Portable 1W Laser for Sale

I just noticed in another web site that I participate in that if there is anyone who wants to do some long-distance balloon popping (or other such mischief), then one can do so by purchasing their very own 1W laser that has its own battery pack from a company called “Wicked Lasers”.

http://www.wickedlasers.com/lasers/Spyder_III_Pro_Arctic_Series-96-37.html

I am not sure what I would actually do with such a device, but it would be pretty cool all the same.

:)
 
As a responsible adult, I must warn you not to point that thing at airplanes, cars, bicycles, boats, people, pets, or anywhere elese for that matter.

Although I do wonder if you could bounce it off the prism range finding target on the moon left behind by the Apollo program.
 
Alferd_Packer said:
As a responsible adult, I must warn you not to point that thing at airplanes, cars, bicycles, boats, people, pets, or anywhere elese for that matter.

Although I do wonder if you could bounce it off the prism range finding target on the moon left behind by the Apollo program.
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You need a pulse laser for that sort of thing.

ETA: And about a billion watts in that pulse... And a huge telescope.
 
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I thought that personal ownership of lasers in the US of was restricted to those with a total output power under 5 mW?

Is is this a "Right to Bare Arms" sort of thing? :boggled:
 
"it will set fire quickly to skin and other body parts,"

WTF?!
 
I love how it burns through the CD disk tray in that Youtube clip.

"it will set fire quickly to skin and other body parts"
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:D
 
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LucasFilms is in the process of telling this company to shove it's lightsaber clone.
 
Points it at my right eye.

It hurts my right eye. I'll try it again. It hurts my eye.
 
ElMondoHummus said:
Come back to me when you've gotten your hands on the 50 terawatt orbital laser from VillainSource.com (or better yet, the 500,000,000 gigajoule beam laser!). Only then can we talk about ruling the planet!
:degrin:
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The disclaimer is hilarious.

Privacy Policy: VillainSource reserves the right to obtain the e-mail address, name, location, blood type, political affiliation, dirty sexual secrets, and any other information of any kind about every visitor to this site, with or without their so-called "permission." We own you. However, VillainSource and its parent cabal, World Domination LLC, will never share this information with any other person, cabal, corporation, or entity. It's ours. Our own. Our precious.
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BenBurch said:
You need a pulse laser for that sort of thing.

ETA: And about a billion watts in that pulse... And a huge telescope.
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Hey, he just said he wants to bounce it. He didn't say he wants to detect it when it comes back. :)

1 watt is, however, a lot of power. A quick calculation suggests that, from a dark background and a dark-adapted observer, this laser could actually be naked-eye visible from the Moon. (450nm light thru a 1.5 mm aperture = divergence of 0.3 mrad = spot size of 4 x 10^14 cm^2 at the Moon. 1 watt at 3 eV/photon = 2 x 10^18 photons/sec. 4x10^3 photons per cm^2/s into a 9mm pupil is 3000 photons/sec, which is well above threshold.) Neat, huh?
 
Harpyja said:
The disclaimer is hilarious.
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I love that site!
If your trap requires the presence of henchpersons to prevent escape, it is not escape-proof. If a trapped individual can foil the trap using a laser watch or a belt grapple, it is not escape proof. That's why all my traps vaporize the hero instantly. :rule10 'em, I say -- I'll explain my evil schemes to my cat.

-- Baron Devastation, The Brotherhood of Genetic Impurity
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They're totally golden for such gems!

:boggled:... er, pardon the mixed metaphor... "golden for such gems"... yeech, what purple prose I write...
 
Apparently people are worried about this as it can set things on fire and stuff,. the fact that it looks like a light sabre just makes kids want it even more and implies its a toy. Eventually they will have to outlaw them as an offensive weapon, its just a matter of time. These things will just keep getting more and more powerful.

A handheld laser likened to a Star Wars lightsabre and so powerful it can instantly blind and "set fire to skin and other body parts" can be bought online and shipped to the UK. The device - with a beam 1,000 times stronger than sunlight on the skin - is touted by makers as "the most dangerous laser ever created".
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http://www.anoraknation.com/discussion/threads/2882114

Built with the blue-laser diode of a dismantled Casio projector, the $200 Spyder III Pro Arctic is the world's most powerful portable laser. It can permanently blind you and set your skin—or anything else, really—on fire almost instantly.
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http://gizmodo.com/5560206/the-spyder-iii-pro-arctic-is-a-real-life-lightsaber
 
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At that level of wattage, the product is approaching the hazard level of a .22 caliber pistol (short barrel). I can think of some useful applications for such a device, but packaged to resemble a light saber or kid's toy? Why don't we go back to selling arsenic and cyanide at the corner pharmacy, right there on the shelf where anyone can pick it up and walk out with it?

Stupid product. Why don't they sell lighter fluid and books of matches to eight-year-olds while they're at it.

Beanbag
 
Beanbag said:
At that level of wattage, the product is approaching the hazard level of a .22 caliber pistol (short barrel). I can think of some useful applications for such a device, but packaged to resemble a light saber or kid's toy? Why don't we go back to selling arsenic and cyanide at the corner pharmacy, right there on the shelf where anyone can pick it up and walk out with it?

Stupid product. Why don't they sell lighter fluid and books of matches to eight-year-olds while they're at it.

Beanbag
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They also sell a flashlight called "The Torch" that can set fire to things and cook eggs

http://www.wickedlasers.com/lasers/The_Torch-74-41.html

Only has a 15 minutes of battery though :)
 
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Edx said:
Apparently people are worried about this as it can set things on fire and stuff,. the fact that it looks like a light sabre just makes kids want it even more and implies its a toy. Eventually they will have to outlaw them as an offensive weapon, its just a matter of time. These things will just keep getting more and more powerful.
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I think they are actually illegal in the United States. Federal Regulations actually do specify about how these lasers should be implemented.
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Yupity yup yup. Look at the Wicked Lasers website. Those lasers aren't available for sale in the United States.
"the most dangerous laser ever created".
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Ooo **** that. I' worked at a company who had a laser cutter capable of blinding you not by the laser itself but why the light emitted from it. That is a whole other level of danger right there. And if I remember correctly it was 1980/early 1990s level of technology.
1 watt is, however, a lot of power. A quick calculation suggests that, from a dark background and a dark-adapted observer, this laser could actually be naked-eye visible from the Moon. (450nm light thru a 1.5 mm aperture = divergence of 0.3 mrad = spot size of 4 x 10^14 cm^2 at the Moon. 1 watt at 3 eV/photon = 2 x 10^18 photons/sec. 4x10^3 photons per cm^2/s into a 9mm pupil is 3000 photons/sec, which is well above threshold.) Neat, huh?
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Wrong. You forgot about diffraction.
 
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technoextreme said:
Ooo **** that. I' worked at a company who had a laser cutter capable of blinding you not by the laser itself but why the light emitted from it. That is a whole other level of danger right there. And if I remember correctly it was 1980/early 1990s level of technology..
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I think they mean for sale.

It cant be the most powerful, I saw a video on youtube from some documentary where they were trying a new form of space propulsion that used lasers. The tests they do they said used laser weapons left over from the old Star Wars program. That looked intense.
 
ben m said:
Hey, he just said he wants to bounce it. He didn't say he wants to detect it when it comes back. :)

1 watt is, however, a lot of power. A quick calculation suggests that, from a dark background and a dark-adapted observer, this laser could actually be naked-eye visible from the Moon. (450nm light thru a 1.5 mm aperture = divergence of 0.3 mrad = spot size of 4 x 10^14 cm^2 at the Moon. 1 watt at 3 eV/photon = 2 x 10^18 photons/sec. 4x10^3 photons per cm^2/s into a 9mm pupil is 3000 photons/sec, which is well above threshold.) Neat, huh?
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The spot is how big?? OMG... :eye-poppi. That is one huuuuuge (albeit dim) spotlight.
 
Crossbow said:
Portable 1W Laser for Sale

I just noticed in another web site that I participate in that if there is anyone who wants to do some long-distance balloon popping (or other such mischief),
I am not sure what I would actually do with such a device, but it would be pretty cool all the same.

:)
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I never understood why youngsters would spend that much money just to pop a balloon or burn stuff.

Gord_in_Toronto said:
I thought that personal ownership of lasers in the US of was restricted to those with a total output power under 5 mW?

Is is this a "Right to Bare Arms" sort of thing? :boggled:
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That applies to laser pointers. Ownership has no limitations on output.

technoextreme said:
I think they are actually illegal in the United States. Federal Regulations actually do specify about how these lasers should be implemented.
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Yupity yup yup. Look at the Wicked Lasers website. Those lasers aren't available for sale in the United States.
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I took a looked and could not find anywhere this laser is not for sale to the US. This laser meets all FDA requirements. Ownership has no limitations on output. On the other hand some states do have laser ownership law restrictions for minors.
 
Edx said:
I saw a video on youtube from some documentary where they were trying a new form of space propulsion that used lasers. The tests they do they said used laser weapons left over from the old Star Wars program. That looked intense.
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I saw a documentary about a 6 MW laser developed by Pacific Tech that could vaporize a human from space. The program was cancelled when the home of the Dean was destroyed by a mis-targeted field test.
 
My knowledge of lazers is next to nil, but i have a question.

I saw a similar thing in a case of , somewhat obviously " fell off the truck " status in a flea market.

Similar claims but of a much less extreme nature, reading the package, and the claims of the seller, it could go through a plastic cup fairly quickly, cause some pain at a small distance, generally a neat party trick item.

My skepticality kept me from purchasing the item, but my question is what are the chances it could do as it claimed?
 
Use of such an item in the UK in anything other than closely controlled conditions would leave the user open to all sorts of litigation if anyone is in anyway inadvertently distracted, temporarily or otherwise dazzled or blinded or burnt (even it that's just a feeling of pain). Seriously, anyone thinking of getting one, get a grip. Would you drive a car at someone just because you could? Then why think that this is anything different.
 
Gord_in_Toronto said:
I thought that personal ownership of lasers in the US of was restricted to those with a total output power under 5 mW?

Is is this a "Right to Bare Arms" sort of thing? :boggled:
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Bare, yes. Not cut off and cauterize.

ZirconBlue said:
I saw a documentary about a 6 MW laser developed by Pacific Tech that could vaporize a human from space. The program was cancelled when the home of the Dean was destroyed by a mis-targeted field test.
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Everybody wants to rule the world.
 
Mikemcc said:
Use of such an item in the UK in anything other than closely controlled conditions would leave the user open to all sorts of litigation if anyone is in anyway inadvertently distracted, temporarily or otherwise dazzled or blinded or burnt (even it that's just a feeling of pain). Seriously, anyone thinking of getting one, get a grip. Would you drive a car at someone just because you could? Then why think that this is anything different.
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Because anything can be deemed a weapon given intent. And yet, lasers are not (so far) covered by any weapons legislation.
 
The drawback with a laser as a weapon is that the person you point it at pretty much has to be able to see you.
Unless you close your eyes when you aim it, obvioiusly.
 
Crossbow said:
Portable 1W Laser for Sale

I just noticed in another web site that I participate in that if there is anyone who wants to do some long-distance balloon popping (or other such mischief), then one can do so by purchasing their very own 1W laser that has its own battery pack from a company called “Wicked Lasers”.

http://www.wickedlasers.com/lasers/Spyder_III_Pro_Arctic_Series-96-37.html

I am not sure what I would actually do with such a device, but it would be pretty cool all the same.

:)
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If it's the forum I'm thinking of someone suggested that one could really screw with one of those clowns who makes balloon animals. It would be worth every penny.

I wonder what sort of effect it would have on neighborhood cats.
 
ZirconBlue said:
I saw a documentary about a 6 MW laser developed by Pacific Tech that could vaporize a human from space. The program was cancelled when the home of the Dean was destroyed by a mis-targeted field test.
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That would be cool to watch. But, I'd bring popcorn.
 
I had been looking at that site a while ago and was amazed at the power. It's just a matter of time before it's banned. As soon as kids catch on they will be burning classmates, pointing in people's eyes, etc. Although it would be a stupid, frivolous waste of money for a novelty toy, I want to get one now before it's too late.

I don't know enough about science to understand all the specs to help me decide which one to buy. I was wondering if any of you could help me out? I want the most powerful one I can get in the $200 or less range, no more than $250. Which one do you think would be the best. Or better yet, which one would you choose for yourself?
 
At best, this is a tool.
At worst it's a murder weapon.

I don't see why any layperson could POSSIBLY need this.
 
It does seem rather insane. It has a ridiculous amount of applications for vandalism and outright terrorism. I could set fire to a newspaper stand from a balcony. I could set fire to the pants of a guy filling up his car on a gas station. I could point it at a crowd of people and likely kill some of them. And I could do it all with very little indication of what happened. If you just look at the damage it does, it's around the level of a small-caliber pistol. But if it's used smartly, it's a pocket-sized, silenced, fully automatic gun.

So yeah, I want one. But I'm not sure I'd be brave enough to own something of such destructive power. And I definitely don't want my neighbour owning one.
 
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