Quick, somebody design an even more powerful version and get the plans out before they're made "illegal" for all but "Only Ones." [More] That's predictable, you know.
Kits for even more powerful and more practical handheld lasers exist right now. The FDA has recently been forbidding (overtly or via coercion) the import of foreign factory-made models: witness the newly-added notice on a Canadian manufacturer of high-powered handheld lasers: https://www.laserglow.com/GSS "Please note: This laser cannot be shipped to the United States. "
Basic electrical soldering skill is needed to assemble many of the still-availble portable laser kits.
A strong word of caution, however: lasers used carelessly can be even more dangerous than firearms, as with Class IV lasers, even a momentary reflection can and does cause permanent blindness.
Kits for even more powerful and more practical handheld lasers exist right now. The FDA has recently been forbidding (overtly or via coercion) the import of foreign factory-made models: witness the newly-added notice on a Canadian manufacturer of high-powered handheld lasers:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.laserglow.com/GSS
"Please note: This laser cannot be shipped to the United States. "
Basic electrical soldering skill is needed to assemble many of the still-availble portable laser kits.
A strong word of caution, however: lasers used carelessly can be even more dangerous than firearms, as with Class IV lasers, even a momentary reflection can and does cause permanent blindness.
-PG