The device is so bright that it requires safety gear to use. Image Credit: YouTube / styropyro
A madcap laser junkie has created a device that is 33 million times brighter than the surface of the sun.
Shining a low-power 0.5mW laser in to your eyes, even for a brief moment, can cause irreparable damage - so imagine what would happen if you looked in to one that is 40,000 times more powerful.
The brainchild of YouTube user 'StyroPyro', this 200W 'laser bazooka' was created by focusing a whole cluster of high-power laser beams through a single lens.
The undeniably awesome invention is thought to be the most powerful hobbyist-level laser device ever created and is able to burn through everything from a cardboard box to a metal PC case.
Given its potential to burn someone's eyes out within the space of less than a second however this is one creation that you definitely won't be seeing for sale in the shops anytime soon.
Sorry, I'm not impressed with this as far as being "Wow!" For many, many years in the industrial, scientific and defense communities there are lasers far, far more powerful than a 200-watt home-built contraption. EDIT: And no, his device will NOT melt steel, concrete or such.
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