RE: [Algorithms] Unattainable effects?

[Stephen J B. <sj...@li...>]

On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Akbar A. wrote:

> >A direct laser-on-retina display is perfectly capable of
> >making you squint

> i don't want to sound foolish but i barely trust my self into looking into
> the sun (sometimes i just do it to "see" ;)
> but, trusting a programmer to control let alone software :|
> is it just me or is this tech very dangerous?
 
Yep - it's pretty dangerous.
 
They generally have fast passive shutters that cut in if
the laser gets out of reasonable limits...I'm not really
familiar with the details though.

They are not widely used (AFAIK) right now - something of
a lab-experiment/rarity.

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