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EARTHDATE: June 20, 2010

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DANGEROUS GEEK TOY OF THE WEEK: LIGHT SABRE

by Hazed

If, like me, you've wanted a light sabre of your own ever since you saw Star Wars, you may want to take a look at this new toy... but maybe not because it actually sounds very dangerous!

It's called the Spyder III Pro Arctic and it projects a blue laser beam that's capable of causing some serious damage. The laser diode components come from a laser home theatre projector, and its output is "up to 4000% brighter than a 405nm violet laser with an incredible output power of 1W.

Ouch!

Read about it, and see a picture, here.

And as a footnote, if you still hanker after a real light sabre that works just like in the films, then sorry - the technology will probably never work. Here's why.


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