Laser Pointer Extream
 

Now here is a Fathers Day gift idea sure to outshine them all!

A 1W Blue laser pointer from Wickedlasers.com



Perhaps you've seen how a green laser pointer can pop a balloon a few feet away? This guy can do it from the house across the street.

It comes with warnings like:

• Can causes INSTANT blindness
• Set skin on fire
• Blind a pilot 24 Miles away
• Just looking at the blue beam (pointed away from you) causes green color blindness

Wicked indeed and yours for less than $200. Given that even the beam seen reflected off a wall can cause permanent eye damage, I have to wonder if more stringent purchasing rules might be a good idea.

Yes, but do they come pre-mounted to sharks, or are the sharks sold separately?

(Yeesh, these things should be sold only to those with a license)

I started that post thinking, man this is so freaking cool!

Then as I added the links I started reading the warnings in more detail and my viewpoint shifted.

These things really are the first commercially available laser weapons, and the company is dressing them up to look like toy light sabers.

$200 each is not enough of a barrier to entry, I would sell these like handguns at the very least.

I would classify this under "just because you can doesn't mean you should"

I must agree. I see zero sense in making such a thing so readily available to the first feckless wanker with $200 burning a hole in his pocket.


(mine should arrive in 10-14 business days ;) )



j/k

On the plus side, said feckless-wanker is more likely to add a literal pocket-hole to that figurative one long before managing to injure anyone else.

What are the intended legitimate uses for one of these?

I made a cat run two blocks away and then back with one of these. Great exercise for felines.
Also, Frodo liked it too. I used to run him around the park for long periods of time with one of those.

Now I have an image of Ken running around a park as GC teases him with a laser pointer.

If they can hollow out my graphlex photo flash attachment (i.e., actual lightsaber), and put it in there - it's a sale!