Recent content by JonOrangeLotus

The LaserCheck from Coherent came today. This is how it's advertised: Coherent Inc. : LaserCheck We ran the LaserCheck today in the photo studio, metering one of the Arctics, which was loaded with two different batteries that had been taxed for a while. So: one laser, two batteries, both...

Listen, I'm new to this forum. I don't know ANYONE on this board -- at all. So I want to be very careful about calling anyone out. But when a scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs makes a statement about margin of error, I'm going to at least report what he says. Regardless, I have some...

Ah... Yeah, I just won't have time, this time around. But now that we have the meter, the mirrors, and some other equipment, we'll work on a relative steady stream of laser coverage. We'll arrange a group test in the coming months, and at that point I'll request assistance from a well-outfitted...

Um... for what purpose? I took the lasers to the LBL laser lab on Monday. I had called Stanford too, but schedules didn't work out. But again, I'm getting my own meter today. It will only report power, granted.

Hahaha... Yeah, well all I'll say is that holding the Arctic straight up into the night sky is like being in a CG space-fantasy movie -- in the real world, in real time. Unfortunately, holding the Arctic straight up into the night sky is also not a completely safe, prudent or wise thing to do.

Well, let's reserve judgment for now. Hopefully the meter will arrive today as scheduled.

Hi all... sorry for the long delay. The visit to LBL was on Monday, and since that time I have had to work on other magazine and website projects. Here's a quick report: - Besides myself, in attendance were our photographer, our videographer, LBL's laser safety officer, a laser lab technician...

Would be shocked if they didn't have a spectrometer. I will ask.

Thanks for all the suggestions and nice welcomes, everyone. There's almost too much to respond to here (especially without going back and rereading every comment), but I will share the following: - Hi Derek! (And Dave and Sam!) - Our supplied goggles have plastic lenses. - We did not receive the...

Good idea about measuring the power of the beam once it has passed through the goggles. We'll do that. FWIW, I think there are two goggle versions, and we received the less expensive version. Regardless, we can identify the precise goggle model when report results of that test. To answer...

Hi all... Jon Phillips here. I'm the editorial director of Maximum PC and Maximum Tech. For our continuing Arctic G1 coverage, we'll have full access to a laser lab this coming Monday. The technicians have a power meter, but please let me know if there are any other empirical data points you'd...