On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 12:05:53 -0500, Joe Gwinn
wrote:

In article , Larry Jaques
wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/n83bc5q

ME WANT!

They show a guy in ordinary clothes using this. I bet that he has a
helmet on, so he isn't blinded by the first focused glint.

If he doesn't have at least a pair of welding goggles on, he's a fool.


Sunlight is about a kilowatt per square meter. If the actual beam is a
millimeter by a millimeter, the power density is a million to one over
sunlight.

So it instantly "fades" the paint away? I see. bseg


And that cleaning beam can probably cut fingers off. Or clean to the
bone, at least at first.

It wouldn't be pretty to see, would it?


And the laser is not in that handheld thing, which must be fed by a big
fiber bundle.

What? My massively strong (5mw) laser pointer is handheld. I guess
a KW takes more than two AA batteries, huh? Looking at their website,
I guess their only mobile unit, a backpack, puts out just 20W.

--
I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during
my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.
-- Thomas Jefferson, letter to Count Diodati, 1807

Too bad -none- of the current CONgresscritters are willing to do that. -LJ