Posted on 06/17/2010 1:28:59 PM PDT by Red Badger
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.
Cautions Wicked Lasers:
Warning: Extremely dangerous is an understatement to 1W of laser power. At close range, this Class 4 beam will cause immediate and irreversable retinal damage. Use with extreme caution and use only when wearing proper safety goggles with an O.D. of 3+ is required and 4.4+ for longer exposures.
For your convenience, the Arctic comes packaged with free safety glasses.
World Lasers says it ships the lightsaber to over 70 countries, Canada included.
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“Unless you break out the gasoline and matches.”
Didn’t you hear? The EPA is now controlling the air quality in Texas! I can only imagine the Feds swarming my property because I poured gasoline into the earth (most of the liberal nuts are actively cringing at this idea alone) and then I struck a match to it!
I am pretty sure they would come in with guns blazing for my atrocious, inexcusable actions! /s (kinda)
I've never tried it, but it seems like it would beat covering your yard with poisons.
“A friend of mine came up with a concept that makes a lot of sense.”
True, but nothing gives you as much satisfaction as a three foot tall flame coming off the top of a fire ant mound!
You can actually hear them screaming and dieing in agony! It’s GREAT!
cool
I tried black powder Once...it just scattered the ants over a 40 foot radius. Nice effects with the mushroom cloud though.
Fighting those fire ants with fire? Laser fire? LOL
I can almost guarantee if you order it from Hong Kong you will get it. I ordered an “illegal” 400mW Green Laser from a Hong Kong website “www.dragonlasers.com”.
Oh. Darn. My mistake. Thought you got a 400 MegaWatt laser there and got a little excited.
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