• Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    A powerful enough laser can permanently damage digital camera sensors, but really only the pixels the laser directly hits. (Not to mention the legal/safety issues of owning one powerful enough to completely destroy one)

    For example, Volvo’s lidar system famously burnt out pixels on people’s phones

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      19 days ago

      I saw that article a while back, and thought the lasers would be handy on cameras. You can buy 1064nm IR spotting lasers but they are rather expensive. A 1 watt model will be about $1000.