You diffuse it a 1W laser can burn things, but won't cut metals or anything hard at all. Some aluminum would probably diffuse it just fine. Just diffuse it in a way it can't escape into the open (dangerous to your eyes). Like have a "cup" that the beam shines into made of aluminum that reflects any remaining diffuse beams into the nest itself. Once diffused it should have no power to light fires or anything like that. eventually the beam might build up a bit of scorch from dust and such in the cup which would diffuse/absorb the beam as heat... But 1W generates nowhere near enough heat to damage the aluminum... it would simply dissipate in the aluminum receiving cup...<div>
<br></div><div>I mean playing with 1W lasers is not something to take lightly, but if designed right you could create a beam "net" around an aperture which would not release any laser radiation out. You could even stick a sheet of laser opaque, but transparent plastic outside the whole assembly with ample space so the wasps still try to get through. But that any reflected beam off the wasp itself wouldn't have a chance of bouncing out and into someones eye.</div>
<div><br></div><div>But yeah based on the figuring building an actual useful rig for this would be extreme overkill lol... probably cost you a couple hundred all in. But it would be amusing to have a laser to blast unwanted wasps lol...</div>
<div><br></div><div>Another thought would be keep the aperture relatively small, and focus the beam sharply at the center point. the wasp would get a nasty dose of the beam but once the beam travels a foot or two it will diverge so much it will be heavily out of focus and beam strength will be reduced significantly. bounce it off a diffuser of some kind and it will be mostly harmless by the time it travelled any distance to a nearby human or animal.</div>
<div><br></div><div>- Paul<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Richard Guy Briggs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rgb@tricolour.net">rgb@tricolour.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 06:13:58PM -0400, Darcy Whyte wrote:<br>
> Wow, that Wasp sucking machine is awesome. I know Matthais (must be a<br>
> brother of the maker).<br>
<br>
</div>Yeah, they are brothers. In fact, it was Matthias who was at modlab,<br>
not Marcus.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> When a laser hits metal (and does not cut) the energy goes directly to your<br>
> eyeball.<br>
<br>
</div>That's what concerned me. How do you safely absorb laser energy without<br>
consuming something?<br>
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slainte mhath, RGB<br>
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