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ChairmanOfTheBored
- Jan 1, 1970
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LEOs use lasers to temporarily blind people with.
They have lasers that can knock a dent into the side of a missile, and
they have lasers on tank turrets that explode rogue ordinance from a
distance already. There is also a test setup on Boeing airframes that
use a laser to knock an anti-aircraft missile out of the sky.
It isn't anything new. Use some common sense, guys. We are at the toy
level, and they are the big boys, and have far far more big toys than we
do.
Sure, I have been thinking several times about an insect zapper.
I have this nice camera system with servos I designed, and
just this morning I was thinking about mounting the laser on it (so it
can quickly point anywhere).
Of course a simple movable mirror system would work too, and be
faster. The challenge is to get a good location in 3D space, maybe 2
cameras to create a 3D model, then, at low power, point the laser, or
scan it near the insect, it would show up as a bright dot when hit,
then increase the laser power to burn it.
What would help with this, is a 10M$ grant from DOD, so once it works
it can be adapted for bigger lasers
Any ideas?
I'm sure you can find DOD's grant submission page without my help. It
soulds like a good, low power, low cost prototype that would prove
concept for the large scale system.
They have lasers that can knock a dent into the side of a missile, and
they have lasers on tank turrets that explode rogue ordinance from a
distance already. There is also a test setup on Boeing airframes that
use a laser to knock an anti-aircraft missile out of the sky.
It isn't anything new. Use some common sense, guys. We are at the toy
level, and they are the big boys, and have far far more big toys than we
do.
