• zqps@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    A laser that can kill a fly in the fraction of a second has to deliver enough energy to fry your retina even though a dozen sunglasses. Also consider that the laser is focused down by the lens in your eye which greatly amplifies its power.

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      2 days ago

      That’s not how specific wavelength safety goggles work. You can get both near UV blue light 440nm 5 watt goggles, and infrared depending on the laser.

      Problem is they tend to shift the color of light for everything so much that they aren’t pleasant to wear for a long time.

      My worry would be getting hit on the skin, a 5 watt 440nm laser hurts, and it’s a deep burning pain that doesn’t go away.

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      1 day ago

      yeah well I’ll just wear two dozen sunglasses. that’ll make me twenty four times as cool as you, Mir Science Man.