This is what happens when a man with a background in science and engineering has a lot of free time and a successful channel of Youtube: Someone creates the world’s largest and most dangerous laser pointer and it ends up going viral.
There has been a long tradition of panic or at least aversion to laser pointers for years. Ultimately, it is a concentrated light source, which often cannot be captured by the human eye.
But it is still there and can mean a latent risk to the integrity of our vision, which is why it often ends up being uncomfortable to be in an environment where someone does not use this type of device responsibly.
But what would happen if that small device that barely fits in the palm of your hand was much more powerful and bulky? Well, a youtuber took on the task of responding to that approach.
styropyro and his project of the largest laser pointer in the world
From his YouTube channel styropyro has published the details of his most recent project, where the madman managed to build what would be the largest and most dangerous laser pointer on the planet.
The oversized final build of this device looks rather crude, but the architecture of its interiors, we must admit, is relatively clever:
The video starts with the obvious starting point and comparison: conventional laser pointers and jumps from there to a general account of building this monster with exposed lithium cells and extremely high voltage.
To be honest, the appearance of the final product may not look very aesthetic, but the use of visual protection glasses by the youtuber is not part of a joke.
Extremely dark optical filters to protect your eyesight are a must because of the intense wavelengths of visible light projected by this pointer that is truly dangerous to any human’s retinas.
In the end, this laser pointer can’t cut through a body limb like a Star Wars lightsaber, but boy can it cause extreme eye damage or blindness to whoever it’s aimed at.
Obviously the construction of this device was a test experiment to verify that it was possible to create it. But nothing else.