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  Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
 
Are you talking about *real* lasers that can cut things? Or just one of those LED pointers? --Tobias (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
 
Tobias Möller <tobias.moller@telia.com> wrote in message news:FJr4ut.Ez8@lugnet.com... (...) considering that a cutting laser starts around $290,000, and requires much more room than 2 Lego bricks, I would venture to guess that it is a laser (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
 
*Real* lasers don't even look impressive. It is pracitaclly impossible to get a laser in the visable wavelengths to cut stuff. Usually UV lasers are used for this purpose. But anyway... in Oz, proper laser pointers are about $60. You can get really (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
 
(...) really (...) the (...) they (...) I bought 2 for $10 at Osco 2 years ago and they are still working on their 2nd set of batts. (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
 
I got this awesome idea: Have you heard of Laserdome? You run around in a dark room and shoot at othe rpeople with lasers. When you get hit, a computer registers it and blah blah. How about building two robots, equip them with a light sensor and a (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
 
(...) It would be. But it's really tough -- not only can they not see where the light sensor is, they totally have no idea where the other robot is. It's like they're blindfolded and deaf. (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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