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Re:Power over fiber by jnwatson on Thursday January 04, 2024 @01:18PM (#38870377)
You betcha. I remember in the late 90s an anti sniper technology that could detect lenses at long distances and fire a laser at them.

The idea was to mess up scope optics, but human heads have lenses too. It was not Geneva Conventions friendly.

Re:Power over fiber by andruby on Thursday January 04, 2024 @02:42PM (#38871299)
I’d love to read more about this. Especially the part about the Geneva Convention.
Re:Power over fiber by cromulent on Thursday January 04, 2024 @04:22PM (#38872443)
I’m guessing it was the Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_on_Blinding_Laser_W...

Re:Power over fiber by jahnu on Friday January 05, 2024 @11:10AM (#38880616)
Wow that’s pretty amazing. Wonder why I’ve never seen it in a film or tv show.