ATTENTION: RiversideLoki

[buckethead]

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

Star Wars fans rejoice: someone has finally succeeded in creating a working lightsaber. And it can be yours for only US$197.97.

Hong Kong company Wicked Lasers has manufactured “the most dangerous laser ever created,” a lightsaber with a blue beam that can burn retinas and set skin on fire.

The Spyder III Pro Arctic features a 1 watt laser the company warns is the most powerful portable laser available. The beam is a thousand times more powerful than sunlight on skin and the manufacturer warns it could cause cancer.

It’s definitely not something you want to give to your seven-year-old Star Wars fanatic.



Read more: http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/06/16/working-lightsaber-the-most-dangerous-laser-ever-created/#ixzz0r9q7UQKv
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[Sportmotor]

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I don't need this.

I MUST HAVE IT.

[subro]

Here's the link to pick one up.

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

[RiversideLoki]

YES! I saw that the other day and I'm debating on whether to get THIS for my birthday or an Obi Wan Force FX saber. I think this laser would be more fun.

[RiversideLoki]

Meanwhile, on Lem Turner Blvd.....

[thekillingwax]

Eh, they're neat and all but way too dangerous to be marketed like that. The skin thing isn't so bad but these will blind you pretty easily, it's only in the past year or so they've been offering safety glasses with them. I bought one of the first commercially available 5mw green ones and just having a few accidents with mirrors over the years, I've managed to lose a good bit of red sensitivity in my left eye, now with 150mw+ being the norm, I imagine there are dumb kids (and adults) damaging their eyes all over the place. I know for a fact that on one of the larger laser forums, they've got a few people who ordered pointers from china in the 20mw range that had massive amounts of ir being blown out and they've got pretty severe damage now.

The good thing is that this is probably up to the standards of most of Wicked Laser's other products which means it'll work for about three days and then die.