Yes, but you don't typically put those 'potentially hurtful things' *
on the kids' nightstand / dresser*!!! This thing is purported to be 'safe-enough', where kids can, ie: roll over in the middle of the night, with fully dark-acclimated pupils, and get whacked in the eye with a beamlet (or a dozen..) from however-close range they sleep next to the thing! Yeah, I understand - it's not a howitzer - but, in-all, it's a terrible idea, imo..
...Even if the guy was selling it, ie: with a *non-optional* hanger (from ceiling, or wall, etc..) so, the thing could
still 'paint the room with beamlets' (ie: 'Blisslights'..) - but, from a *distance*, at least, then, there'd be some 'safety-separation'.. What I mostly take-issue with, is that this thing *can* be picked-up / pointed
directly into the eyeball -
at-aperture - of some baby / toddler.. And, if you say 'oh, but the blink-reflex will save-him/her', well, would *you* stick this thing into
your kids' eyeballs to 'find out'?? Some-kids' friend / sibling, sure-will, somewhere! Sorry, but he'll never-convince me that that's 'ok', at even 3-5mW, especially-since the 'plane of incidence' (
at-aperture..) where however-much the diode is
actually putting-out, meets the world .. if it was 5
µW?? Maybe... I really want to get one of these things, and measure the output, to a µW-level,
at-aperture.... Also, see how easy it is to take-apart / get
access to however-much the diode
is putting-out...
..This assumes, a) People recognize /
know that any damage has-occured
(the eyes are *very good* at 'making-up for' small aberrations in vision - does-not mean they are not-there / damage has not-occured..), and therefore,
report it, and b) Even when someone
goes to 'the doctor', and says 'my eye is bothering me / I see a 'spot', etc.. that the Doc, does-indeed, do full retinal-scan, and - that any-damage, at all,
gets reported, to ANSI or Rockwell, or even the local-news! AFAIK, there is no mechanism, from the FDA,
tied-to an eye-Doc's license, etc
requiring them to report all, even suspected / slight,
reported-injuries from lasers..
(Yes, there is, if *they* cause laser-injury, ie: from an RK-procedure, etc, just-as there is a requirement, to-report, for us Light-show peeps, but - a requirement for submitting Patient-reported injurys?? Don't think-so....) Sure, they will
document it - for
their office / practice-records.. But, unless laser-damage is 'severe', I'd venture that far-more of it has-occured, than is ever realized / reported..
Why such assertion? Because of what the eye's lens does with laser-light - which is already insanely-concentrated... Sure, lots of stuff can kill / injure you, and we 'pass death', every single day - heck, everyone that drives on the road, is, what - separated from head-on collision / probable severe-injury / possible death, by what? An imaginary 'boundary' via
painted yellow-lines??!! But, we have seat-belts, driving-laws, driver-ed videos showing the horrible-results to the body in crashes, and, the 'general, all-around self-regulation' of people at least
trying to drive-safely, for the most-part... So, where's such 'sanity' in designing a laser-product
(..whether it can 'kill', or not..) for putting inches from your kids face / eyeballs / allowing it to be picked-up / stuck in an eyeball?? I just don't see it..
..I'd more agree with, 'it's not a *
smart* product'..
ie: If it had some 'stand' / hanger, to keep it out of
direct-contact with eyes, or, some 'sonar', etc, where, ie: if the
aperture-side was brought closer than 'x-distance' to a surface (ie: face) it would shutter or attentuate, etc.. Or, even a 'level switch', where, as *soon as* the thing was picked-up / moved off-90˚, or at a certain velocity, etc, it attenuated / shut-off the laser, etc.. I'm sure such 'forward-thinking' could be designed into such a device...
..but that would mean putting 'responsability over profitability', and we all-know how well
that goes with such 'get rich quick'-attitude people...
Anyhoo, not 'yelling at
you', rf..
Just some 'food for thought'...
j
Originally Posted by rfourt
....and armed only with his trusty 21 Zorgawatt KTiOPO4...
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