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Re:22-Year-Old Lidar Whiz Claims Breakthrough by thaumasiotes on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @07:31PM (#14406386)
> the output of a lidar beam is far below the level that you get from sunlight, which doesn't even cause cancer and certainly doesn't blind people

Sunlight certainly does cause cancer, although we generally attribute that to the UV in sunlight. Sunlight is also well-known for blinding people.

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Re:22-Year-Old Lidar Whiz Claims Breakthrough by hwillis on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @09:51PM (#14407043)
The near-1550 nm wavelengths do not cause cancer or blind people.
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