illuminating science

7/9/2006

Blue lasers pointers!

Filed under: — Joel @ 3:46 pm

7 days and counting until my PhD is due! And so, a brief segue: If you’re planning to buy me a present to celebrate submission, you could do far worse than a blue laser pointer. Fr far too long the green laser pointer brigade has been smirking at those of us still using the good ol’ read lasers - sooo 20th century.

The blue laser was created about 10 years ago by Shuji Nakamura, who was working mainly on developing blue LEDs. He solved single handedly a problem which several large corporations had been working on for years!

These laser pointers are really quite bright and (obviously!) very distinctive. And, they come at the low, low price - of $999. US dollars. Whoa.

I’d also settle for a cruise. Your choice.

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