They even burn through cardboard. 🤔 engineering
Building real-life eye movement-controlled lasers
The team started the project with eye-tracking glasses that are initially built for AR/VR technologies for gaming and medical industries. With some calibration, the glasses can be made to match their IMU to where the user's eyes are looking. Next, they put together two 2.5-watt laser projectors with eye-tracking glasses with some coding magic thanks to Python. For precision and depth analysis, they also added a laser range finder to the mix.
The lasers' powers combined reached about 5 watts; that's enough to burn stuff and, possibly, make one go blind. That's why they upgraded the contraception by putting laser safety goggles inside the glasses. To complete the build, the team used pads to build a shoulder mount using camera equipment that could keep the lasers on the user's shoulders at precisely the same level as their head. To hide the rest of the electronics and the wireless router that are needed to make the magic happen, they used a backpack withFor the final demonstration, the team used the lasers to pop balloons from various lengths and through mirrors, light matches, and burn through cardboard pieces.
While this just-for-fun project would be cool to see in real life, it's a scary thought what it could evolve into if fell into the wrong hands. No, we're not talking about Lex Luthor. Stay ahead with the latest science, technology and innovation news, for free:
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