$200 Laser/Lightsaber
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Topic: $200 Laser/Lightsaber
Posted By: StormyKnight
Subject: $200 Laser/Lightsaber
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 9:13pm
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You can now blind and set people on fire with a new SpyderIII 1W laser. I smell disaster 'pon the wind.
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=18681 - http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=18681
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Posted By: Yomillio
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 9:18pm
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Do want.
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Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 9:28pm
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I can picture people having battles in the streets at night with those things xD only $200! sweet! |
Posted By: PAINTBALL1
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 9:33pm
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That's pretty sweet, especially considering it's more powerful than it's $2K brother. I bet Smokey the bear is crying right now...
The comments on that page bring the lulz. ------------- USAF Special Weapons Technician. |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 10:13pm
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That article is misleading. Flesh will not burst into flame when you hit it with that laser, we contain too much water for that to really happen. Also, they act like this is the only laser from wickedlasers that can burn stuff, have they been living under a rock for the past like 5 years? Now that I've gotten that out of my system, I TOTALLY WANT ONE. I planned on buying a much lower powered model around $350 for my birthday in a couple weeks, but this just jumped to the top of my list. Of course, their site would just happen to go down when I wanted to check this laser's specs. Anyone else plan on getting one? ------------- 
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Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 11 June 2010 at 9:40am
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High Voltage wrote:Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 2:32pm
I have no mature reasoning for wanting it, but getting one I will be. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 5:34pm
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Need to buy before the ban/price raise to keep people buying to screw around with.
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 5:44pm
| If only I had any money to spare |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 12 June 2010 at 9:46pm
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This is quite similar to the one I was going to make for around $60 using a Bic for a casing. ------------- 
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 13 June 2010 at 1:19am
Except for the rechargeable battery, super strong body and the added safety features. Oh and a sturdy design too. -------------
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 17 June 2010 at 2:16pm
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Bump. Got my cash saved quickly, ordering mine tomorrow. Saw a blog somewhere about the laser. In the comments of the post it was stated the lasers begin shipping next week.  -------------
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Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 18 June 2010 at 9:16am
Dude - you do realize you will have to make a full review of this new "toy" complete with pictures and/or video. -------------
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Posted By: Tical3.0
Date Posted: 18 June 2010 at 9:18am
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I almost want to kill you right now... God rent or a lightsaber.... I need to weigh my options here people. ------------- I ♣ hippies. |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 18 June 2010 at 9:25am
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 18 June 2010 at 10:49am
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Ordered. Should be here in a week or two, expect a review with lots of footage of burning stuff. Maybe I'll do something other than burn random crap if I can find the set of prisms we used to have around the house. Check out the Laser Hazard Acknowledgment form: http://hv.pbcchan.org/hazard.png - Pic . I lol'd at a few of the warnings. PS shipping is $30 bucks just so you guys know. Don't forget it when you're budgeting for a laser like I was. -------------
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Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 18 June 2010 at 5:26pm
| We should come up with a list of things he should burn. Top of the list should be mimes. |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 20 June 2010 at 4:49pm
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1. Zombies
2. Politicians
3. People that advocate/spew/support Left or Right-wing political rhetoric.
4. Mosquitoes
5. Deer
6. Dog poop in my yard.
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 20 June 2010 at 5:25pm
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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 20 June 2010 at 6:52pm
8. Justin Bieber ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 21 June 2010 at 5:22pm
I'm thinking it would be along the lines of a ladyfinger going off. That way you'd know for sure that all the big explosions in anything he directed was his way of compensating for something. -------------
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 26 June 2010 at 7:28pm
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They recently released a video of it in action. -------------
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 26 June 2010 at 7:30pm
| Thats seriously insane, even looking at the dot it projects would damage your eyes, I'm almost positive. Big downside of a laser THAT visible, it's immediately obvious who it is. |
Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 27 June 2010 at 12:28am
| that's ridiculous. |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 27 June 2010 at 1:06am
Yeah that's why they send you some safety glasses, but I think I'm going to order a better pair next week. -------------
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 29 June 2010 at 7:09pm
So did anyone go to the site and read the warning? Not only can it obviously cause blindness, but it can also alter or remove your perception of green. Shining it on bare skin can cause cancer, as it exceeds your skins limit 75 times....
I'm starting a countdown until someone is blinded at a concert, likely a performer. |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 29 June 2010 at 7:38pm
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Can possibly cause cancer, and besides why would you shine it on your skin? It starts burning skin instantly. They recently announced the Arctic will ship with a training lens that cuts the power output by 75%. Also I don't see many people taking these to a show as the thing is XBOX HUEG. Not to mention the extremely long wait to get one is probably the best deterrent for all the immature people who ordered one. There is a lot of speculation out on the net right now that this might be some sort of scam or that the lasers won't make it through customs. I'm not uber worried as customs lets countless bongs in through the mail every day. As for the whole IT'S A TRAP scare going on, perfect. I hope a bunch of retards get impatient and cancel their orders, just means mine gets here faster.  -------------
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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 29 June 2010 at 9:39pm
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HV, UVEX laser safety glasses. I use those at work. ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: Apu
Date Posted: 30 June 2010 at 2:26pm
| Wow it even looks like a lightsaber. |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 01 July 2010 at 1:07am
And that could be a problem. Word is George Lucas has sent cease and desist letters to Wicked Lasers, because he thinks they are in the wrong calling it a lightsaber. But Lucas should really be upset at all the tech blogs who copypasta'd the article from Gizmodo calling it a lightsaber. Wicked Lasers has never claimed it to be a lightsaber, check their site. IMO WL needs to tell Lucas to eat it because he didn't have a problem with their Spyder III host(the body of the laser) when it came out well over a year ago. WL simply took a reliable host they already designed and stuck the 445nm blue diode up in it with a new driver, the battery/lens/heatsink are the same you'd find on the Spyder III lasers. I'm not worried about Lucas screwing this up as it would never hold up in court. Anyway, WL stopped with the maybes and shoulds and finally said the lasers start shipping on Monday. Again, I don't expect mine to head out with the first batch or two because a ton of people ordered before I had the chance. I just have to remain patient a little longer or I could actually order a DIY kit with the host, driver, battery, heatsink and lens. Then all I'd have to do is procure a blue diode and I could build my own 1W 445nm laser. It would cost less than the Arctic but the main reason I'm not building my own is the WL host's thermoelectric cooler performs much better than just a standard heatsink around the diode. -------------
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 02 July 2010 at 2:49am
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Bump. Shipping got delayed for the final time, at least we have a solid date now and no more of that lol 2 more weeks crap. The still-new-and-ever-improving Arctic is scheduled to begin shipping no later than July 15th. Supposedly this is why it's taking so long: http://www.wickedlasers.com/laser-tech/smart_switch.html - http://www.wickedlasers.com/laser-tech/smart_switch.html I'm pleased the output can be lowered without the addition of the training lens, which they are still including, because now with the laser set to stun and the power reducing lens/filter in place I can actually show some friends without blinding them permanently. Else, they'd have to drop $80 on their own pair of safety glasses to lase with me at full power. -------------
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 02 July 2010 at 7:54pm
| So what are you going to do with it? |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 04 July 2010 at 3:25am
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Burn stuff, amaze myself and others with the immensely bright beam, ignite a bowl, and possibly work it into some photography. My father figures without too much work we could give amateur holography a shot. I'm totally open to suggestions here though. If anyone has an idea for a legitimate use* post it up. *Other than things to burn. -------------
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Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 04 July 2010 at 5:32am
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See if you can use refraction within clouds to light them up at night.
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 04 July 2010 at 2:45pm
That's a really cool idea actually, and if it works at all I'd expect different clouds to have different reactions. I'd REALLY like to see what that thing looks like in the afternoon from about a mile away, shining straight up. Like, is it still uber visible and concerning, or would it be much less intense. Be super careful with the bowl lighting, that's SUPER close to your face/ body with lots and lots of reflective surfaces at different angles. |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 04 July 2010 at 8:24pm
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That's why I'm buying eye protection better than what Wicked Lasers offers. Getting some nice glasses that are OD 7+ at 445nm wavelength. They will allow me to burn stuff and use the laser for w/e else at very close range.
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Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 15 July 2010 at 10:37pm
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/07/06/light.saber.lucas/index.html?npt=NP1&cid=mkt_out_tech&iref=obnetwork - http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/07/06/light.saber.lucas/index.html?npt=NP1&cid=mkt_out_tech&iref=obnetwork ------------- "I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl Forum Vice President RIP T&O Forum |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 16 July 2010 at 2:03am
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Surely I'm well justified in saying OLD here.
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 16 July 2010 at 8:05am
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NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR DAMN LASER HV -------------  irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 16 July 2010 at 8:05am
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<3 ------------- irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 16 July 2010 at 8:36am
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I thought I posted that in a different thread. Didn't realize this *was* the laser thread, lol. ------------- irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: NiQ-Toto
Date Posted: 17 July 2010 at 9:34pm
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Did it ship yet hv? I want one, but thats half the price of the gun i was looking at picking up. And im not sure what id do with it, id be too scared that id blow up my eyeballs. ------------- ///AMG What? |
Posted By: JohnnyHopper
Date Posted: 18 July 2010 at 3:05am
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Best bet would be to have Choop buy it and put it in the packaging from a lightsaber toy. ------------- My shoes of peace have steel toes. |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 18 July 2010 at 7:09am
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Very little info but they started shipping. WL hasn't been very clear about how many have shipped so far so I don't know what day mine heads out.
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 19 July 2010 at 9:20am
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It's a trap. ------------- irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 20 July 2010 at 3:51pm
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New video. -------------
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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 20 July 2010 at 4:05pm
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I was hoping to see it cut through something.
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Posted By: Kingtiger
Date Posted: 20 July 2010 at 6:49pm
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Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 20 July 2010 at 7:20pm
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here you go...
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20011041-501465.html - http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20011041-501465.html ------------- They tremble at my name... 
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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 20 July 2010 at 9:13pm
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That is old FE. The military has been experimenting with laser defense for about 25 years or so. It has been on one DOD design board or another since Reagan. The Army has one attached to a HUMVEE for SCUD defense, the Air Force has one in a jumbo jet. and the Navy was experimenting with them when I was serving in the Corps. And here is my favorite... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv1lsFJimYI - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv1lsFJimYI This machine is a dream! It cuts .75" mild steel like butter, .5" aluminum and .625" stainless (plasma application). The latest machine in our inventory. ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 20 July 2010 at 9:15pm
------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |