On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> I accidentally flashed into someone's eye a tiny laser pointer (it is
> run by two digital watch batteries, not even aaa) THOUGH A PIECE OF
> WHITE PAPER, that supposedly reflects most of the light (that's why it
the white material indeed reflect
Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
There is nothing special about laser light, except
coherence which should not matter.
I'm not sure as for the "why", but I have personal experience as to the
fact that laser light is, in fact, danagrous.
I accidentally flashed into someone's eye a tiny laser pointer (it
Guy Baruch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> visible and IR-A pass thru the lens like a hot knife thru butter,
> they can then cause retinal (neuronal) damage. This is AFAIK
> irreperable blindness. As in blind for life.
My point about UV was that UV could hurt your eye at low intensities,
just bec
the CDROMs and burners I saw are class one devices:
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_Class 1:_
Class 1 lasers are the lowest powered lasers and considered "harmless"
unless tampering with the device has occurred. An example of a Class 1
laser product is
