[Cyborg] 200 laser diodes

[Rachel McConnell]

Oh man laser outfit... I sure want some.  That link gives pricing for
1-10, maybe if we end up wanting a bunch more they might provide a
further discount?

I wonder if one could have a built-in smoke machine emitting particles
along with the laser beam for best viewing.  I saw a smoke machine on an
outfit over the weekend, I will see if I can contact the maker of that
and get more details.

Rachel

Eric Boyd wrote:
> I sent a contact thing to the dude, asking if he's got any design 
> information up anywhere, and about eye-safety of the device.  Because I 
> think that's the key thing here: can a beam which is visible in e.g. a 
> club (dim lights) also be eye-safe?
> 
> According to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_safety), to 
> be legal (=eye safe), the laser must be <5mW, that makes it fall into 
> class IIIa (now class 3R).  I found some fairly cheap IIIa laser diodes:
> 
> http://www.aliexpress.com/product-gs/263635799-Civil-Class-3A-red-650nm-5mw-dot-diode-laser-module-wholesalers.html
> 
> It's not clear to me if you need an external circuit other than a 
> current-controlled voltage source to drive these.  I don't think so, I 
> think that's what they mean by "module" as opposed to just buying the 
> diode.  If you do just need a current controlled voltage source, we 
> should be able to drive these directly from the North Paw circuit, all 
> we need is some resistors in series with the "motor" outputs.
> 
> But I agree that while building the device, we'd need to have some 
> goggles.  It'd give you a headache for sure if you caught one in the eye 
> more than a few dozen times.
> 
> Anyone else interested in bulk ordering of these?  With shipping they 
> are going to be about $4 each, so for <$50 you can have a pretty decent 
> number of them.
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 6/2/10 11:52 AM, kristinneidlinger wrote:
>> I want to build one!
>> I did some design research of where they should be placed for a postal
>> feedback suit and ended up with a huge headache!  So, we should look
>> into some goggles too...
>>
>> k
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Eric Boyd <mrericboyd at yahoo.com
>> <mailto:mrericboyd at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     http://www.behance.net/Gallery/200-LDs-Stage-Suit-icommercial-casei/493017
>>
>>     OMG, this is the awesome-est light-up wearable outfit I've seen yet.
>>     Lasers make LEDs seem so boring!  Even the "laser suit sample" is wicked
>>     cool:
>>
>>     http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Laser-suit-sample/464787
>>
>>     Who wants to build one? I'm super keen, and if we build multiple units
>>     we can push down the cost a little (laser diodes are expensive...)
>>
>>     Eric
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