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If it can damage phone cameras, can it also be harmful for human eyes?

• behnamoh 1y ago
  answer: back in 2019 it was known to damage both human eyes and camera chips: https://www.laserfocusworld.com/blogs/article/14040682/safety-questions-raised-about-1550-nm-lidar https://www.laserfocusworld.com/blogs/article/14040682/safet...
  • EA-3167 1y ago
    It doesn't sound like there's much danger to the human eye because of the way the beam is scanned, although I certainly wouldn't like up to stare into the laser at close range. Camera chips are vulnerable since there's no cornea or vitreous humor to absorb the incident radiation, it's focused directly onto some delicate electronics that don't have the ability to heal minor damage.
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• m463 1y ago
  I wonder if you have to watch out getting in a waymo taxi