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UH Oh... Chuck Schumer (D NY) is targeting laser pointers. Schumer targets danger of laser pointers - Corning, NY - The Corning Leader

Just wondering. When you go out do you carry any of your portable lasers with you or do you leave them at home ? I generally leave them at home. There are several reasons I prefer to leave them at home. 1) Rarely do I ever need a laser when I am out and about. 2) I am always afraid of losing...

Just did my first build. Not fully completed yet but the risky parts seem to have gone smooth so far. It's a simple build. Basically a LPC-815 long can diode, aixiz module and rckstr driver running off 2 - 3.7 V lithium cells in series. The nice part is that I didn't ask a single question for...

Anyone remember the very first solid state portable laser "pointer" that they owned ? For me it was an early Radio Shack Laser pointer that I bought in the very early 1990's, say 1992 or 1993. The host was plastic, it was powered by 3 (or maybe 4) N-cells it has an indicator led on the side of...

A popular and somewhat impressive trick with a laser is the basic "light a match" trick. While this is easy to do it is still impressive. One of my green lasers was lighting matches to beat the band,. Any match, other than white or blue would light within a second of holding it in the focused...

I own a few portable hand held lasers (laser pointers) ranging in power from < 5mW to < 200mW. When they are not in use I generally take out the batteries and store them in a soft padded case. If I am going to keep one stored for a long time I will occasionally take it out of the case and fire...