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Hi, I'm working on a paper for SAE G10. I tried to do some research online but I found ridiculous things such as a "5000000 mw" hand-held laser for $169. My question is: for each of the wavelengths below, what are the typical power levels commonly available, and the cost range: 635 nm 650-660...

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to declare green and blue laser pointers as “defective.” This move would make sales of such pointers essentially illegal in the U.S. It would also make it easier for FDA to control and seize imports of such lasers. The agency has two main goals...

This is Patrick Murphy from ILDA and LaserPointerSafety.com. I just received a message from a BBC TV producer. She is looking for a laser pointer user in the East Midlands or "not too far from there". If that is you, contact her as soon as possible at sarah.sturdey@bbc.co.uk "for a chat about a...

As you may know, laser pointer incidents reported to the U.S. FAA nearly doubled last year. I'm asking for your help, trying to find potential reasons why. In the four years 2011-2014, there were about 3500 to 4000 incidents per year. But last year, the number was 7700. Here is a chart...

This is a reminder that August 3 2014 is the deadline for the public to submit comments on FDA's May 5 proposal to essentially limit handheld lasers to below 5 milliwatts. This was first discussed in a thread back on May 2. You may recall that FDA was presenting "draft guidance" saying they...

The FDA today (May 2 2014) proposed regulations that would effectively ban laser pointers and handheld lasers in the U.S. over 5 milliwatts. Currently these can go up to about 3000 milliwatts. The FDA's is doing this by stretching -- to put it mildly -- their existing authority over surveying...

So far in Dec. 2013 I have seen about 25 news reports warning consumers about laser toys, and how they have caused eye injuries. I was unaware of such toys or injuries, so I began researching this issue. The results are at a page entitled "Are laser toys an actual hazard?" . There are...

In June, the FDA published a notice in the Federal Register of proposed changes to U.S. laser product regulations. The public is invited to comment; the deadline for comment submission is September 23 2013. FDA must evaluate and respond to comments (even if they choose to ignore them), so if you...

Sweden’s national government has proposed banning “powerful laser pointers,” defined as handheld Class 3R, 3B and 4 lasers. This would make it illegal from November 1 2013 to import, produce, acquire, possess, use, transfer or lease any handheld laser 1 mW and above, without a permit. Swedes who...