Table Top USP Lasers Slice, Dice, and So Much More 79
UltravioletLED writes "A company in Petaluma, California has developed highly programmable desktop lasers. The same devices used in hospitals could also be used to turn any metal surface black by simply changing the software. From the article: 'The technology once filled a large room at DARPA until Raydiance scientists made it into a compact, tabletop unit. Schuler (The CEO) said he hopes it will replace just about any cutting device you can think of, from a big metal saw to a precise surgical blade ... Now that it's a little bigger than a breadbox, researchers want to use them to kill tumors, identify friend or foe during combat, and even remove tattoos.' Femtosecond lasers for eye surgery have been around for years now, but these new lasers are far smaller and promise to have much greater versatility."
Black Metal ... Like Nargaroth? Burzum? (Score:5, Funny)
Dude, that's not the correct order to do things in, or you're being highly presumptuous.
Tabletop sharks? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Deer Hunting? (Score:2, Funny)
Table Top USB Lasers Slice, Dice, and ... (Score:2, Funny)
Oh, to be twelve again with a desktop laser.... (Score:4, Funny)
Medical lasers (Score:5, Funny)
who cares about black metal (Score:3, Funny)
- cutting velveeta cheese
- deterring the neighbors cat from pissing in my garden
- deterring my neighbor from pissing in my garden
- frying wood tics
- boiling water
- removing warts
- engraving my initials on the water tower, from across town
- lighting a joint
Obligatory off-topic Real Genius quotes (Score:3, Funny)
"It is possible to synthesize excited bromide in an argon matrix! Yes, it's an excimer, frozen in its excited state ... As soon as we apply a field, we couple to a state that is radiatively coupled to the ground state. I figure we can extract at least 10 to the 21st photons per cubic centimeter which will give one kilojoule per cubic centimeter at 600 nanometers, or, one megajoule per liter."
"Looks at the facts: Very high power. Portable. Limited firing time. Unlimited range. All you'd need is a big spinning mirror and you could vaporize a human target from space.
- RonPacific Tech [pacifict.com]
Re:How do I build one? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Black Metal ... Like Nargaroth? Burzum? (Score:3, Funny)