Re: Another stupid patent...

Rodent of Unusual Size (Ken.Coar@Golux.Com)
Fri, 17 Dec 1999 09:02:49 -0500

Eugene Leitl wrote:
>
> > of invisible light produced by a hand-held laser apparatus onto
> ^^^^^^^^^
>
> That would require a lot of power (like an industrial CO2 laser with a
> half a kW optical output)

Surely not? We've had LEDs at the low-energy end of the
spectrum for decades; why not an infrared laser?

Or are you inferring that you need the energy in order to
produce secondary effects for the cat's optical apparatus
to track? E.g., flames, smoke, charring..

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