Psychedelia, originally uploaded by mattbellphoto.
Monthly Archives November 2008
Montreal airport laser pointer a serious safety risk
Transport Canada is trying to find out who has been pointing laser pointers at airplane pilots over the last few days.
There have been at least six instances recently where pilots landing at Montreal’s Trudeau airport have been distracted by a green laser pointer.
The device, which can be purchased for $100 and has a range of three kilometres, can blind airline pilots, so Transport Canada considers it a serious safety risk.
Montreal airport laser pointer a serious safety risk: Officials.
360 laser pointers ’seized from passenger’
Hundreds of laser pointers have been seized by customs officials after a Sydney man allegedly tried to bring them into the country with him on a flight from China. - smh.com.au.
Infiniti fun of laser
As a laser physicist, I investigate Physics in and with lasers, and develop new type of lasers. But I have never own a laser myself, not even a laser pointer. Recently, I got one from Techlasers. It is a Infiniti II 95mW, comes together with a dragon case and a goggle. It is slim and light, and take two AAA batteries to power. The beam is very clean and nice.
What I tried to do first is to take laser photos, as those cool people did. But it quickly turns out not an easy task. 
I pointed the laser to my fish tank. Poor golden fishes, I hope they were not frightened. But apparently, they avoid the laser beam well. They didn’t show up in my photos at all. All of my photos were blurred, because I took photo with one hand while another hand holds the laser pointer. I guess to really get good pictures I need kind of tripod for both my camera and the laser.
What do you think is in the following photo?
It is a bath towel. Interestingly, it looks deep, but actually flat.
Later I tried to point to objects like cups and bottles, etc, which are common subjects of laser photography. But the results are not as good as I have hoped. I need to learn photography. 
I haven’t dare to point to sky or play outdoor yet, because I don’t know if there is any local regulation on usage of lasers.
