Anomalocaris Posted October 17, 2015 #1 Share Posted October 17, 2015 (edited) How Many Laser Pointers Would It Take to Kill a Human? For a laser to kill someone it essentially needs to be hot enough to boil or burn the tissue. It would take about a 1kW laser to boil through someone’s eye to their brain in a reasonable amount of time, meaning they probably couldn’t get away. Each cat toy level laser pointer is roughly 5mW. It would take 200,000 laser pointers all focusing through a lens to an exact point to create a laser powerful enough to kill. Read more Edited October 17, 2015 by Anomalocaris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Necromancer Posted October 20, 2015 #2 Share Posted October 20, 2015 How many laser pointers would it take to kill a human? one. They are banned over here in Australia, because a kid stood on an overpass and shone his laser pointer into the eyes of drivers passing underneath. This caused a massive pile-up resulting in a few deaths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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