I have had lasers in my life a long time and have always appreciated the risks, but I have taken a couple of very brief hits to the eye.
Fortunately, my eye doctor has never seen anything that looks like damage, and aside from extreme nearsightedness totally unrelated to lasers, my eyes work fine.
These ultra-powerful lasers that will toast your retinas instantly scare the shit out of me. The fact that you can buy a tattoo removal gun on AliExpress (https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806988159318.html) is just insane. The kinds of mass-violence you could commit with a device like are outrageous, I figure it's only a matter of time before someone uses something like this against an unsuspecting crowd.
Fortunately, my eye doctor has never seen anything that looks like damage, and aside from extreme nearsightedness totally unrelated to lasers, my eyes work fine.
These ultra-powerful lasers that will toast your retinas instantly scare the shit out of me. The fact that you can buy a tattoo removal gun on AliExpress (https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806988159318.html) is just insane. The kinds of mass-violence you could commit with a device like are outrageous, I figure it's only a matter of time before someone uses something like this against an unsuspecting crowd.
Even just using the wrong kinds of lasers or UV lights at a concert can have awful consequences: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jul/16/news.seanmicha... / https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/bored-ape-creator-say...
If this kind of thing can happen by accident, imagine what could be done on purpose.