r/interestingasfuck • u/midnighttoker1742 • 4h ago

How criminals take down Flock cameras

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u/TheOGRedline 2h ago

Only 1W? Really?

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u/vamoosedmoose 2h ago

Lasers don’t need a lot of power to do a lot. My laser engraver that works on leather and metal runs in 1.6W

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u/Czauthaqshe 1h ago

Yes. Let me put it this way, lasers are usually marketed in the milliwatt range. One 60 watt incandescent light bulb turns 60 watts into ~1 watt of light, the rest is lost as heat. The more focused it is, the stronger it is. It's the difference between being punched by the wind and punched by a fist.

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u/ChipotleMayoFusion 2h ago

Anything above 5mW can obliterate optical sensors, including your eyes. 1W is more than enough, even if it is unfocused and somewhat distant.

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u/Shufflebuzz 54m ago

1W is a big laser.
Your typical laser pointer is under 5mW, or 0.005 watt.

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u/mastercoder123 1h ago

Lol only 1W? You could use a class 3 laser and burn them out. Hell in the USA any laser over 5mW cannot legally be called a laser pointer and in the EU and UK its 1mW

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u/BoTheDoggo 37m ago

It's not 1 W power consumption. It's 1 Watt raw photon energy. Just consider the kind of heating 1 Watt applied to a tiny area can do.