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  • We built an AI laser. Unlike our other rocket motors, this one can be controlled.
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  • @DarkInovator
    @DarkInovator 5 месяцев назад +756

    Honestly this has to be the most underrated channel on youtube even with almost 1 mil subs
    Where else can you learn about cutting edge gin brewing and then how to build a near military grade drone interception laser system ...

    • @freekingawwsome
      @freekingawwsome 5 месяцев назад +18

      Scary how it all unfolds

    • @pompeymonkey3271
      @pompeymonkey3271 5 месяцев назад +2

      Sssssshhhhhhh! 😉

    • @Dr.JustIsWrong
      @Dr.JustIsWrong 5 месяцев назад +1

      A million already!!?

    • @Alpejohn
      @Alpejohn 5 месяцев назад +2

      Absolutely! Its so awsome my limited english knowlage cant even describe it!

    • @MichaelBeale
      @MichaelBeale 5 месяцев назад +2

      It's truly one of the finest.

  • @discordmemer4895
    @discordmemer4895 5 месяцев назад +38

    "Eat your heart out styropyro"
    -- I died.

  • @SeantheBawse
    @SeantheBawse Месяц назад +8

    Styropyro collab needs to happen, now. You said his name, the universe has begun shifting.

  • @nftawes2787
    @nftawes2787 4 месяца назад +45

    Suggested vids: styropyro from 4 days ago: I built a long-range LASER turret in my yard!
    Bahaha! I guess you summoned him

    • @jurian0101
      @jurian0101 3 месяца назад +4

      A laser duel when 😂

  • @feylezofriza
    @feylezofriza 5 месяцев назад +663

    Man, we expected flying cars and perpetual peace. But we got technofeudalism with intelligent robots shooting lasers.

    • @AnonymousAnarchist2
      @AnonymousAnarchist2 5 месяцев назад +35

      Because we kept defending the idea of peace as a function of state/nation and capital.
      Those are the causes of fuedalsim. You have to shift the authority of violence onto the shoulders of everyone, and off the shoulders of the nation state and capital... By doing excatly what we see here, and making community trading systems that dont means test and dont care about your status ones that are just there for benifit of everyone.
      I naturally prefer ones that still operate on a free market I.E. money becomes a vote not a thing thats earned but whatever works should be done.

    • @ShubhamBhushanCC
      @ShubhamBhushanCC 5 месяцев назад +36

      ​@@AnonymousAnarchist2 A free market anarchist? You mean you don't understand either anarchism or economics. Wow.

    • @omnirath
      @omnirath 5 месяцев назад

      @@AnonymousAnarchist2ok stirner. Man he was just making a bittersweet joke

    • @svirrsvarr
      @svirrsvarr 5 месяцев назад +8

      @@AnonymousAnarchist2 Bot?

    • @AtlasReburdened
      @AtlasReburdened 5 месяцев назад +17

      If you're a human and expected perpetual peace, then your surprise is your fault.

  • @Narwaro
    @Narwaro 5 месяцев назад +68

    “Hi. Lasers…” must be the most balls to the wall introduction for a video there is 😂

  • @pantheis
    @pantheis 5 месяцев назад +16

    When I was a kid, around 12 or 13 years old, I got super into lasers. This was in the early 1990s, so access to lasers at home was pretty limited. My dad supported my desire to learn more about lasers and we acquired a He-Ne gas laser, and a power supply to run it. Built a wooden box and everything to contain it. Was a class 3a 5mW and we were super careful with where we pointed it and how we interacted around it.
    All that said, the ease of access to utterly eye destroying, burn your house down, solid state laser diodes is both amazing, and scares the crap out of me. I am keenly aware of just how much even the slightest slip up in safety routines could leave you with permanent eye damage, or worse.
    Glad to see you emphasizing the safety aspect of your insanely powerful laser setup. It was seriously impressive!

  • @BrilliantDesignOnline
    @BrilliantDesignOnline 5 месяцев назад +17

    TechIngred: "Laser Computer, do not target humans" Laser Computer: "I am sorry TechIngred, I can't do that..."

  • @DeltaVTX
    @DeltaVTX 5 месяцев назад +318

    Homemade shields to defeat microwave area defense?
    AI laser drone point defense?
    MOONSHINE?!?
    What exactly is going on here?
    I’m in, btw..

    • @snozzmcberry2366
      @snozzmcberry2366 5 месяцев назад +37

      High-tech, high-budget doomsday prepping 😅

    • @AnonymousAnarchist2
      @AnonymousAnarchist2 5 месяцев назад +26

      Dunno. Dont care. Everyone should have access to these things

    • @michaelblacktree
      @michaelblacktree 5 месяцев назад +37

      Freedom. Lots of freedom going on. 😎

    • @freekingawwsome
      @freekingawwsome 5 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@AnonymousAnarchist2transparent is a must

    • @kaboom4679
      @kaboom4679 5 месяцев назад +7

      Most of it is available off the shelf and as open source software .
      Enjoy .

  • @LabCoatz_Science
    @LabCoatz_Science 5 месяцев назад +139

    Easily one of the best channels online! Always awesome to see such professional content balancing educational value and "coolness"...and of course, featuring one of the strongest lasers on RUclips.

    • @chrisporter4286
      @chrisporter4286 5 месяцев назад +3

      Truth.

    • @FLPhotoCatcher
      @FLPhotoCatcher 5 месяцев назад +1

      "This little laser of mine, I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it *SHHIIINNNE!* "

    • @carpeinferi
      @carpeinferi 5 месяцев назад +2

      StyroPyro would like to have a word on it being one of the strongest...

    • @nathanieljames7462
      @nathanieljames7462 5 месяцев назад

      Right? Who tells Drake to eat his heart out over only 500W?

    • @Watchyn_Yarwood
      @Watchyn_Yarwood 5 месяцев назад

      Agree

  • @Kaloryfer16
    @Kaloryfer16 5 месяцев назад +34

    I remember when you celebrated 100k subs and now you are approaching 1million . I am very impressed with what you are doing and I am not surprised that you are achieving success. I wish you successful growth and, above all, a lot of joy in this wonderful work!

    • @TechIngredients
      @TechIngredients  5 месяцев назад +7

      Thank you very much!

    • @robertmarmaduke9721
      @robertmarmaduke9721 5 месяцев назад

      There are a number of inherent flaws in this marketing report.
      Targeting and tracking in milli-seconds' refers only to initial electronic 'lock'. Iron Beam maximum effective range is limited by accuracy _and minimum effective range is limited by pivot gimbaling._
      All 'testing'(sic) is gamed to only optimal range and linear constant velocity targets, the same way they gamed Patriot EKV and gamed Iron Dome. They (the latter two kinetics) can't hit Russia's zigzaging missiles, for example.
      Second, Iron Beam has a huge flaw. Ordinary titanium white ceramic roof coating is one solid defense incoming small profile, and a 6-micron coat of gold makes them impervious as fly-over-and-drop.
      That's why Reagan's 1985 Space-Based Lasers never deployed, and honestly, rocket scientists back then _knew_ it would never deploy. _Not ONE of the Star Wars programs ever did._
      (It was Pentagon weapons technology welfare bridge, while DoD RIF'd the military vets and the vested lifers.) They're _still_ trying to make Hypersonic Space Plane work, 40 years of wasted R&D later.
      Raytheon is going back to old standbys: smart-bombs with 'shoot-and-scoot GPS tailfins. The moment Iron Beam fires, the spy satellite will acquire the target, pass it to loitering stealth. F-35s and a hypersonic payload will be arcing down.
      Zzzzt! Poof! Zzzzt! Poof! Look! What's that up in the sky? Is it a bird? Is it a plane! It's a GPS 2000-pound Super KABLOOEY!

  • @anon-means-anon
    @anon-means-anon 5 месяцев назад +30

    You guys are always working on something fun. Piddling on random interesting things that grab me is the only thing that keeps me waking up in the morning.

  • @dmacpher
    @dmacpher 5 месяцев назад +23

    …as one does

  • @FryGuy1013
    @FryGuy1013 5 месяцев назад +26

    I helped run a competition about 10 years ago that was basically this. We had ping pong ball targets that could detect a laser light hitting them, and put them on a train and competitors had to hit the lit ping pong balls as they drove around the track as quickly as possible. It's surprisingly easy to do, although not trivial.

  • @DavidLopez-bz4rj
    @DavidLopez-bz4rj 5 месяцев назад +47

    This has a huge application against invasive hornets around beehives. I thought about this years ago. Well done.

    • @michaelimbesi2314
      @michaelimbesi2314 5 месяцев назад +6

      I would love to see something along these lines but way less powerful come onto the market as a form of laser-based flyswatter. Imagine a world where you never had to worry about mosquitos or horse flies ever again.

    • @Droosie3
      @Droosie3 5 месяцев назад

      *burns down forest, and everything in range*

    • @esecallum
      @esecallum 5 месяцев назад

      and against people by evil governments

    • @crackyflipside
      @crackyflipside 5 месяцев назад +1

      I need one for the mosquitos in my Florida porch.

    • @rudibo8353
      @rudibo8353 5 месяцев назад

      I believe Bill Gates sponsored a similar project some years ago to eradicate mosquitos in areas where malaria was rampant.

  • @jayscrazylife1918
    @jayscrazylife1918 15 дней назад +1

    I love this channel. I must say this is the best entertainment/learning channel on RUclips.

  •  5 месяцев назад +31

    I believe your channel (specifically your graphene video) appeared in my recommended videos list for the first time today. I instantly subscribed and I'm quite upset that RUclips didn't recommend me this channel sooner. I can't wait to binge-watch the rest of your videos and see you celebrate 1 million subscribers soon!

  • @TrabberShir
    @TrabberShir 5 месяцев назад +71

    The hard part is the bit you did manually with drawing the box. Raytheon gets the big bucks for their tech that does target identification and classification. They also bring institutional knowledge related to second-of-angle precision and, if I am not mistaken, some dynamic optics to limit beam scatter. As with most engineering problems, the proof of concept is easy and the devil is in the details/refinements.

    • @TechIngredients
      @TechIngredients  5 месяцев назад +55

      As I said, the hard part is the software.

    • @narxic
      @narxic 5 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@TechIngredients ChatGPT entered the chat...

    • @topduk
      @topduk 5 месяцев назад +26

      @@narxic ChatGPT is Bangalore level. It's useless.

    • @MichaelBeale
      @MichaelBeale 5 месяцев назад +10

      At the same time, something ~80% as capable as Raytheon's version could be had for like, idk...

    • @marhanen
      @marhanen 5 месяцев назад +7

      @@MichaelBeale 80/20 rule

  • @AdmiralQuality
    @AdmiralQuality Месяц назад +1

    I always wanted to make a mini-laser turret that targets flies in restaurants and fries their little wings off. Even better if it can wait until the fly is on a trajectory that won't make it land ballistically on someone's table before it zaps 'em.

  • @robertcole8065
    @robertcole8065 5 месяцев назад +1

    There are RUclips videos that demonstrate people who have made 'Sentry Guns' that track targets very well. These 'guns' are generally paint ball or rubber pellet guns. They can even be directed to target ANYTHING not displaying a certain 'color'. Very cool, and relatively inexpensive. I could see a 'sentry gun' using the fiber optic cable to carry the laser light for rapid target tracking.
    Great video !!!!!

  • @Scrogan
    @Scrogan 5 месяцев назад +99

    You’d be much better off with a galvo-based system. Far faster at tracking. I’d also put a dichroic beam splitter in the optical path so the camera and laser can be perfectly coaxial, though having a pair of cameras on either side would work with some software tweaks (and would allow some rangefinding). Get your chops around openCV and make us a mosquito tracker.

    • @ichbinderroboter
      @ichbinderroboter 5 месяцев назад +5

      Range finding could also be done with a weaker secondary LIDAR laser.

    • @U20E0
      @U20E0 5 месяцев назад +8

      ⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@ichbinderroboter His response to another comment seems to imply that the next video will be about adding a targeting laser

    • @lolilollolilol7773
      @lolilollolilol7773 5 месяцев назад +9

      Ha ha ha, the mosquito tracker was my first idea as well :D

    • @NGC1433
      @NGC1433 5 месяцев назад +9

      Even better off with an actual Iron Beam, what do you think?
      The point of this is - they used what they ALREADY HAD in their possession, as just some Canadian youtubers. They repurposed something you can buy in a mall.
      There is no point proving you can build a military-grade (whatever that means) system using military grade components.
      They used the app that is supplied with an off the shelf appliance - for target tracking... You missed the entire point of the video.
      Also: dichroic mirror in a kilowatt range beam path??? Are you even awake???

    • @Liace159
      @Liace159 5 месяцев назад +6

      YES. Moskito tracked laser beam. Been dreaming that for a solid while now. I'd love to see it

  • @ThePSYBORG
    @ThePSYBORG 5 месяцев назад +43

    Each of your videos is informative and entertaining. Thank you for the work and the effort you put in.

  • @wiggenvan
    @wiggenvan 5 месяцев назад +1

    Without fail, one of the coolest channels on youtube. Thank you all for sharing your hard work!

  • @_spartan11796
    @_spartan11796 5 месяцев назад +7

    Please guard my house from mosquitoes!

  • @Lazereer
    @Lazereer 5 месяцев назад +10

    I've been waiting years to see you finish your fiber 10W 532nm ramen shift laser. All the way back to your old channel and when you where on PL forum when you first showed it off. You cant even imagine my excitement right now hearing its coming after i thought you abandoned it. After all these years it has honestly been my most anticipated video on the internet. Even to this day that 10W 532nm fiber Z fold laser video you do years ago when you first showed the project off is a video i go back to watch over and over because its just so impressive. The suspense is killing me.

    • @adredy
      @adredy 5 месяцев назад +1

      Where he found 0.5KW blue diode? 😅 2W OK 5W OK but I 500W :/

    • @Muonium1
      @Muonium1 5 месяцев назад +3

      They never finish projects. The Raman laser, the fusion reactor, the MHD boat, the heavy lift drone, the slow motion exploding wire detonations, etc. etc. etc., it's the most frustrating aspect of the channel. If something is promised at the end of a video, just assume it will never happen. If you want to see the operation of a real Raman laser (the only video I've ever seen of one) go to Les' Lab on here, he's got great laser related content.

    • @danieljensen761
      @danieljensen761 5 месяцев назад

      @@adredyor perhaps 64 8 watt laser in an array. but now…. how do you focus that light to a pinpoint at 10 km range. ? and maintain control.

  • @hedgeearthridge6807
    @hedgeearthridge6807 5 месяцев назад +7

    I've been fascinated recently with gimbals and 2-axis stabilization, like our eyes have and only quite recently in history been able to achieve for cannons on tanks and ships. Being able to do that with very heavy chunks of metal, without stepper motors, without software or transistors, is incredible. Like we see here, even with modern tech, just making software that can do things like stabilizing cameras and tracking things is really difficult

    • @dougle03
      @dougle03 5 месяцев назад +1

      Most of the stabilisation in our vision is done in the brain rather than the eyes.

  • @khatharrmalkavian3306
    @khatharrmalkavian3306 4 месяца назад +2

    "Hi. Lasers." 😂

  • @Tazzquilizer
    @Tazzquilizer 5 месяцев назад +11

    There were times in History, where Independent Inventor was an occupation. In modern times this has gotten very rare and usually brilliant minds are swept up by corporations and governments.
    I think you are one of these Inventors and a brilliant teacher as a bonus. Thanks for your Videos.

    • @kaboom4679
      @kaboom4679 5 месяцев назад +3

      Or , they upset the status quo and are quickly marginalized or even disappeared by those who have an agenda to protect .

    • @Steamrick
      @Steamrick 5 месяцев назад +2

      What is a technology startup if not the modern version of an independent inventor?

    • @Tazzquilizer
      @Tazzquilizer 5 месяцев назад

      @@Steamrick A technology startup is a greedy perversion, selling it's soul to even more greedy investors to make a quick buck from a single concept or idea. That has nothing to do with being an independent inventor, and everything to do with making a quick buck.

    • @alaric_
      @alaric_ 5 месяцев назад +2

      Century ago, inventor could make bunch of money by inventing simple things like for example an shock absorber for a car.
      Nowdays, inventor needs to come up with rare 1-in-million idea or simply get million dollars for R&D to get the idea to the level where it can be monetized. Look at the billion dollar companies putting tens of millions into research and it should be pretty obvious that the quick, easy inventions are a thing of the past. As a profession, without RUclips/Patreon/etc, independent inventor is one of the most rarest professions these days.
      Edit. My point: it's not that corporations are "sweeping" inventors but that the competition is too advanced for one person.

    • @secretsquirrel6308
      @secretsquirrel6308 5 месяцев назад

      Believe you me, there are hundreds of independents doing this kind of work.
      They're likely on someone's list, just not yours

  • @markg6446
    @markg6446 5 месяцев назад +8

    Love this channel! Thanks guys! Still looking for that bubble booming thing!

  • @sheilam4964
    @sheilam4964 5 месяцев назад +2

    Definitely fun and entertaining while at the same time educational in many ways. Thx for doing this, filming it and sharing it with us. 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @only1muppet
    @only1muppet 5 месяцев назад +7

    After watching every video you’ve posted, I now have the information I need to finally build a rocket powered self guided laser missile with an awesome sound system 😄

    • @gtijason7853
      @gtijason7853 5 месяцев назад +2

      Don't forget to celebrate in your almost no cost air conditioned space with a glass of moonshine

  • @TheOleHermit
    @TheOleHermit 5 месяцев назад +81

    Love your research, content, safety/morality concerns, never failing to deliver real world demonstrations.
    Back in the '80s, I tried pushing a 5 watt SP165 ion Argon beam into a 100 micron quartz fiber, with a parabolic refractive index to deliver a scannable beam to scanning heads located in lighting trusses to avoid lifting the entire projection system onto a 10' scaffolding tower.
    But, resorted to using glycerol encapsulated inside a tube, between the input lens and fiber to avoid burning the fiber. Furthermore, there was no specific focal point at the output end to allow a low divergent, scannable beam.
    Of course today's diode laser projectors are accomplishing the same objective. The power efficiency of modern fiber lasers and what you've just demonstrated blows my mind.
    "Eat your heart out, Styropyro." 🤣L😅M🙃A😂O!
    Happy New Year, Planters. 😎

    • @davefellhoelter1343
      @davefellhoelter1343 5 месяцев назад

      SAFETY? Dude went DOWN RANGE!! of a DEATH RAY Bad Smell Without Clear Range Comms and Or a Lock Out Tag Out! or just pionted up? I WOULD QUIT! if I worked with him, I Would Leave if I was there! I Have done this with Others in my past who did similar about Five times? I did Not want to give a Statement or be a Witness? or smell, hear, see or taste it.

    • @davefellhoelter1343
      @davefellhoelter1343 5 месяцев назад

      but the Facts is Facts, not the first Danger I have watched this dude DO! for years now. The first one I Recall? was a Hydrogen thing in a confined area!
      SAME THING RUN! "Run FASTER!"@@TheOleHermit

  • @DaftFader
    @DaftFader 5 месяцев назад +8

    As soon as you read off the Laser specs I immidiatly thought of styro and if he'll make a responce to this... Then you called him out! Thanks, now we are much more likely to get a response vid, and I really wanna see that haha! 😊

    • @justRD1
      @justRD1 5 месяцев назад +2

      man I hope he makes a video and a beast laser!

  • @culpritdesign
    @culpritdesign 5 месяцев назад +1

    That scientist looks jacked under that uniform. Hoping he'll drop a fitness video next.

  • @justinkwasny5595
    @justinkwasny5595 5 месяцев назад

    I have been a big fan for years, and viewed many of your informative videos. I think you do an amazing job, outstanding research, and great demonstrations. Thank you and if you ever need to dispose of some materials or older projects, i have a great place i could store them for you :)

  • @Chriss120
    @Chriss120 5 месяцев назад +39

    could you use a lower power "guidance" laser to track the target even better?

    • @TechIngredients
      @TechIngredients  5 месяцев назад +99

      Funny you mention that...stay tuned.

    • @nobodynoone2500
      @nobodynoone2500 5 месяцев назад +1

      Thats how systems used to work.

    • @ACME_Kinetics
      @ACME_Kinetics 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@TechIngredients How about to correct for atmospheric distortion? I guess that's a little big for a warehouse.

    • @EricPlattner-lz9wm
      @EricPlattner-lz9wm 5 месяцев назад

      What a Pity with all this dilemma, this human are going backwards!...

    • @oBCHANo
      @oBCHANo 5 месяцев назад

      @@imanoppressedamerican Cool story, let us know how you get on with that.

  • @lutzj74
    @lutzj74 5 месяцев назад +4

    Awesome! Some kind of PID control in target tracking might be useful here.

  • @Sokol_
    @Sokol_ 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you and happy new year! Great content as always

  • @johns.5864
    @johns.5864 4 месяца назад

    I love your example of fantastic things can be accomplished by assembling off the shelf components in novel ways. A laser iron beam seems like one of the most complex things to creare. You showed it can be done by using complex black box devices hiding their compleities internally and provide simple interfaces.

  • @user-ov9rj6ze7v
    @user-ov9rj6ze7v 5 месяцев назад +4

    Not only am I learning from your videos. The comments are full of great information

  • @grandrapids57
    @grandrapids57 5 месяцев назад +16

    I am never ceased to be impressed beyond words with this channel.

  • @EricMosegard
    @EricMosegard 5 месяцев назад

    I love watching you guys work
    Awesome job!

  • @beeman1885
    @beeman1885 5 месяцев назад +9

    What a great video. Love the Goldfinger reference. With the two blue beams, it would have been very cool to overlay the Star Trek TOS sound effects of the Enterprise firing phasers.

    • @ronansleep
      @ronansleep 5 месяцев назад +1

      9😮😮😮

    • @diggysoze2897
      @diggysoze2897 5 месяцев назад

      @ntfx_org7603 What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard.
      At no point in your rambling, incoherent, response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this chat thread is now dumber for having read it.
      I award you NO points. And may god have mercy on your soil.

  • @currentfaves65
    @currentfaves65 5 месяцев назад +2

    Quality of the videos on this channel are always top notch!!!

  • @sky173
    @sky173 5 месяцев назад +30

    I remember when we were lucky to get our hands on a laser tube with .005mw... good old days.

    • @benbaselet2026
      @benbaselet2026 5 месяцев назад +8

      Are you sure that's not 0.005 W or 5 mW?

    • @sky173
      @sky173 5 месяцев назад +5

      @@benbaselet2026 Ah yes. Thanks for the correction. 👍

  • @yannisinasia
    @yannisinasia 5 месяцев назад

    Fantastic channel. So informed and so genuine, dedicated to the science and not to the clicks and likes and not pretending with overhyped dialogue. To the point.

  • @mvlad7402
    @mvlad7402 5 месяцев назад

    Excellent research! Provides the ground for various important applications.

  • @pani3610
    @pani3610 5 месяцев назад +4

    20:28 john bolton

  • @actually_it_is_rocket_science
    @actually_it_is_rocket_science 5 месяцев назад +10

    Atmospheric scattering reducing delivered energy is a massive part of the problem.

    • @stevemacbr
      @stevemacbr 5 месяцев назад +1

      I get your point - But not if it was repeatedly rapid pulsed - it would 'tunnel' its way through an 'atmospheric anomaly - like a cloud system.
      (of course distance to target ... and (Artificial-Intelligence giving) mathematical predictive 'arc of travel' to it, would improve 'hit-rate'. ( instead of tracking )

    • @tjpprojects7192
      @tjpprojects7192 5 месяцев назад

      Well, yeah, but any large laser system 100% already has compensation mechanisms, and it enough though, a cheap solution could peobably be found for this small one.

    • @toma3025
      @toma3025 5 месяцев назад +2

      Yeah, his assertion that the main difficulty is the targeting is completely wrong.
      If anything, lasers make the targeting problem easier than before, as you can basically disregard ballistics now.

    • @tjpprojects7192
      @tjpprojects7192 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@toma3025 Not really, software that can independantly identify a random objext from miles away, keep on target, and not randomly shoot at birds is a lot harder to do than solve the already solved problem of atmospheric interference.

    • @actually_it_is_rocket_science
      @actually_it_is_rocket_science 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@tjpprojects7192 you can't fix atmospheric scattering. It's going to happen especially in dusty climates. And if you're in a dusty climate and you have a powerful enough laser that's going to create plasma that's going to cause even more issues for scattering.

  • @barriewright2857
    @barriewright2857 5 месяцев назад

    Brilliant commentary and show. Thank you for the heads up on the possible misuse of laser in a combat situation in regards to humans.

  • @TheChefmike66
    @TheChefmike66 5 месяцев назад

    I really love your channel. Thank you!!

  • @izeusi3243
    @izeusi3243 5 месяцев назад +4

    When you said 500W my jaw literally dropped. Thank you for another great video!

  • @insanemainstream3633
    @insanemainstream3633 5 месяцев назад +3

    Great video as usual. Love the demonstration of the laser next to wooden pallets. What could go wrong?

    • @dougle03
      @dougle03 5 месяцев назад +1

      I was looking around the warehouse and thinking the same risk thought processes...

  • @lassef3692
    @lassef3692 5 месяцев назад

    I love to see you are getting the subs that you deserve. This is by far the best channel I look at. I always look forward for a new video

  • @derickniles1329
    @derickniles1329 4 месяца назад

    Love your work Fred.

  • @Pauuanthakali
    @Pauuanthakali 5 месяцев назад +4

    Instead of balancing load on a slow gimbal.. laser light beam could be reflected off a mirror faster to adjust to movement tracking.. recreating Pink Floyd laser light shows would be best use of this tech though..

    • @stevemacbr
      @stevemacbr 5 месяцев назад +1

      I would add,... when using mirrors in a 'beam-steering' application, that a Piezio-electric 'thin-film' could be used to 'smoothly' move the (directional) mirror.
      (obviously x2 would give X,Y axis control )
      .

    • @originalmianos
      @originalmianos 5 месяцев назад

      Galvanometers, they are called.

  • @Space-Stuff
    @Space-Stuff 5 месяцев назад +8

    Great video. You NEVER disappoint! Thank you.

  • @alanshtab3776
    @alanshtab3776 4 месяца назад

    Fantastic show!!!

  • @tomboyd7109
    @tomboyd7109 5 месяцев назад +2

    Sweet! I always wanted to make something like this, but much lower power, to use against flies & mosquitos. Of course safety would need to be given much thought.
    Or it could be ultrasonic with the wavelength tuned to their wing beats. Coarser directional resolution but finer frequency resolution.

  • @Decay19XX
    @Decay19XX 5 месяцев назад +3

    Most wholesome government watchlist-ee on the internet. It can't be understated how much I love this channel, simply because I learn so much here.

  • @additudeobx
    @additudeobx 5 месяцев назад +4

    I'm using one of those same 125W NUBM37 laser modules (I'm assuming your 500W claim is 500W / 4) in my handheld battery powered laser gun. I modeled it much like the Styro's, only I have added improvements to it like a single power converter, 4 cooling fans, heatsink temperature.
    You make me want to try a modified 500W setup now....!!!!!!

    • @freekingawwsome
      @freekingawwsome 5 месяцев назад +1

      500 watts is insane could you imagine turning this into a IR and take down the whole line of ZOMBIES

    • @motionsick
      @motionsick 5 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah buddy

  • @paraglidingprospector
    @paraglidingprospector 4 месяца назад

    Love your channel! Thanks for sharing!

  • @eugen-m
    @eugen-m 5 месяцев назад +7

    what can you tell us about the reliability of optical systems, mirrors, lenses. many years ago it was a discouraging factor that after only 3 shots it was necessary to replace them. it is true, the energy was of the order of megawatts. and in addition, how do such laser systems react with an atmosphere full of water vapor (dense clouds) or dust and smoke? are such systems preferable in space or with firing from low orbits? in my opinion, an illumination of the target with another infrared laser could increase the percentage of destroyed targets

  • @peetiegonzalez1845
    @peetiegonzalez1845 5 месяцев назад +13

    Every video is a gem. I'm sure I'm more and more qualified for some kind of watchlist with every new one I watch! (and I'm sure it applies to you guys more than us viewers!)

  • @Bigvs.Dickvs
    @Bigvs.Dickvs 5 месяцев назад +2

    _Tiny Hat:_ This laser system costs *millions* to make!
    A guy with knowledge and skills: Hold my warehouse keys...
    _Sorry Raytheon!_

  • @snorkherder
    @snorkherder 5 месяцев назад

    Great Vid, Happy New Year😀

  • @benignsage
    @benignsage 4 месяца назад

    You will not find more in depth and yet understandable content on this platform than what this channel provides. I can literally watch all day.

  • @rydplrs71
    @rydplrs71 5 месяцев назад +14

    It’s always a treat when Tech Ingredients drops a new video.

  • @tbix1963
    @tbix1963 5 месяцев назад +6

    Thanks for sharing your thoughts, ideas and videos. Great subject, I’ve always been impressed with the ability of lasers to find and fire on a remote target since a Ted talk I saw quite some time ago where the person talking built a system that could target, identify, and then shoot down only female mosquitoes with a laser out of a CD player. Apparently you can identify female mosquitoes based of their wing flapping frequency. Have been waiting patiently for someone to build a system that I could install in my backyard. l😂
    Looking forward to seeing where your channel goes next. Wishing you and your family the best.

    • @aussie2uGA
      @aussie2uGA 5 месяцев назад +1

      Bill Gates, is this you?

    • @floodo1
      @floodo1 5 месяцев назад +2

      what I wouldn’t give for an operational mosquito termination system

  • @human_isomer
    @human_isomer 5 месяцев назад

    Very interesting video, as always! As others already commented, this channel is completely underrated.

  • @mikek6298
    @mikek6298 4 месяца назад

    I'm always fascinated not only by the deep and well presented demonstrations of really cool stuff, but also the seemingly endless background knowledge and access to resources.

  • @BarbasTheDog
    @BarbasTheDog 5 месяцев назад +4

    I might be missing something. Wouldn't a simple reflective surface totally negate the effect of rocket-targeting lasers? Like, if you want to circumvent the fancy iron beam laser, just wrap the rockets in tinfoil?

    • @TechIngredients
      @TechIngredients  5 месяцев назад +4

      That can help, but pulsed and multi wavelength lasers will easily burn through metal.

    • @CiekawskiK0t
      @CiekawskiK0t 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@TechIngredients I would love to see this tested. It seems sound, but I'm not sure if air will stay transparent after surpassing some energy density. I think plasma absorbs all wavelengths.

    • @caeli5532
      @caeli5532 5 месяцев назад

      @@TechIngredients hello, what will be if we will use something like fog/smoke shield around target?

    • @AttilaAsztalos
      @AttilaAsztalos 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@caeli5532 A recent Veritasium video showcased night vision systems - and one of the tests they did was filling a dark room with fog so thick you couldn't see your own nose; infrared vision goggles saw straight through it as if it wasn't even there. This suggests an infrared laser would not even notice such camouflage around the target...

    • @TechIngredients
      @TechIngredients  5 месяцев назад

      Correct.

  • @matthewblizzard
    @matthewblizzard 5 месяцев назад +3

    "Lateral Thinking of Withered Technology."
    Always love this channel's tendency toward utilizing off-the-shelf items together in interesting and sometimes terrifying ways. 😁

  • @waynesworldofsci-tech
    @waynesworldofsci-tech 5 месяцев назад

    Holy cow. Great video, you’ve a new follower and enthusiast!

  • @scotttimbrook4440
    @scotttimbrook4440 4 месяца назад

    Fantastic content. I luv them all. the ones about speakers and acoustics. Brilliant.

  • @antontaylor4530
    @antontaylor4530 5 месяцев назад +8

    Imagine another use for this tech - in a cold warehouse, use this to track your hands and point a IR lamp at each hand.
    This way you can work in an otherwise unheated space without your fingers falling off in winter.
    Edit - for the people who've never rebuilt or otherwise worked on a complex mechanism with tiny parts in a cold workshop - no, gloves are not always the answer. I really wish it was that simple.

    • @delawaresace
      @delawaresace 5 месяцев назад +3

      I think I remember reading an article years ago about using microwaves to track people and heat them up in the same manner.

    • @C-M-E
      @C-M-E 5 месяцев назад +5

      I believe they call that "Wearing Gloves" which is perfectly analog.
      Complications invite complications.

    • @barbarusbloodshed6347
      @barbarusbloodshed6347 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@C-M-E There just are these people who always think tech first. It's really weird.
      I keep fish and have a bunch of aquariums. Had dozens at one point.
      And there are people who will stick thousands of Dollars in tech to a SINGLE aquarium because they think they need it.
      And instead I run all my tanks "the natural way", without any filters or tech apart from the lights, just letting the same principles that apply in nature do all the work. Only spent a few hundred bucks on all tanks and they've been running without a single problem for many years.
      People will just complicate things with tech for the sake of it and I'll never understand that.

    • @antontaylor4530
      @antontaylor4530 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@C-M-E Try working on complicated parts with gloves on. You really think I didn't think of that? You really think that there aren't millions of people worldwide rebuilding carburettors and brake calipers and such in a cold unheated space who wish to god they could do the job while wearing gloves???

    • @freekingawwsome
      @freekingawwsome 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@delawaresacescary thought about MASERS

  • @Nefville
    @Nefville 5 месяцев назад +2

    Your final prediction is a bit of a terrifying one. These things are straight up superweapons. If one country uses it there will be an imbalance and then everyone will do it. No one wants to be left without a chair when the music stops.

    • @kapytanhook
      @kapytanhook 5 месяцев назад +1

      Seems harmless, my tinfoil hat is my helmet

    • @ZennExile
      @ZennExile 5 месяцев назад

      This is why Tesla came up with the idea of "the halo" of aurora towers and directed energy weapons. He wanted to make war obsolete by simultaneously giving everyone a 250km dome of directed energy defense that wirelessly supplied any device in that same service range with power. And since he was right about everything, including the fact that the Ionosphere is conductive, he probably would have succeeded in releasing that technology to the world.
      People who have what they need and feel safe aren't trying to start wars. Can't fault the man's logic. Just wish he had another few years in him to head off all the catastrophic psychopaths that perverted his technology into the very yolk he'd spent his entire life trying to remove from the average man.

  • @TediumGenius
    @TediumGenius 5 месяцев назад

    Excellent demonstration, once again!!!!
    "More of a guideline than a rule..." man endeavors to gain power over others with such great effort, and is perfecting unprecedented levels of societal controls, ...keep swiveling.

  • @ChristopherHoltgrewe-gx6nd
    @ChristopherHoltgrewe-gx6nd 5 месяцев назад

    Love your videos keep them coming. Happy New Year

  • @marcelpost4052
    @marcelpost4052 5 месяцев назад +31

    This would be great for creating a mosquito-free environment. Not only in hospitals but also in people's homes.

    • @okay8632
      @okay8632 5 месяцев назад +5

      Sure, but a q-switched ir laser is best for that because it can thermally destroy moquitos but it is also safer to use deep ir i.e. past 1064nm so that the radiation doesn't destroy the retina in case of system fault

    • @carlosferreira7757
      @carlosferreira7757 5 месяцев назад +3

      lol, and if someone passes in midle by chance?

    • @TechIngredients
      @TechIngredients  5 месяцев назад +27

      Okay,
      Not, so.
      Be careful. 1064nm laser light is very dangerous. Not only can you not see it and avoid it. It will quickly burn the rental tissue.

    • @marcelpost4052
      @marcelpost4052 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@carlosferreira7757 see reply from @okay8632. Using lasers at safer levels of course. I have already seen projects like these but nothing commercial/successful yet.

    • @hamdaniyusuf_dani
      @hamdaniyusuf_dani 5 месяцев назад +8

      You mean retinal?

  • @onionsonstilts
    @onionsonstilts 5 месяцев назад +12

    A quick observation on safety: I would not recommend the glasses style eyepro that you're wearing. Particualrly when you're having to bend over with the laser on, there is a significant risk of reflected light entering through the gaps around the edges. The goggles style eyepro that your assistant is wearing, that clamps to the face all around, is much better. I would also be wary of the amount of cardboard that is within the vicinity.
    Otherwise, a very engaging and well presented video. I would be interested to see you covering the topic in more detail, particularly the technical challenges that make something effective not quite so 'easy'.

  • @Ni-qc6yq
    @Ni-qc6yq 5 месяцев назад +1

    You can modulate the laser to create a hammering effect on the target as well as pulse high frequency electricity through the ionized atmosphere the pulsed laser creates to electrocute any exposed metal on the target.

  • @compt3ck
    @compt3ck 5 месяцев назад

    I live in NM and about 30 miles away is a facility called High-Energy Laser Test Facility (HELSTF). They have been doing R&D for many decades out there. I had the opportunity to tour some of the facility about 20 years ago and it was amazing. They had a very large steel disc that was probably 2 foot thick that they blasted a hole into in a very short period of time (under a second if I remember correctly but I could be wrong since its been so long). That was decades ago so I wonder what they can do now. Great video as usual!

  • @alamagordoingordo3047
    @alamagordoingordo3047 5 месяцев назад +6

    Great and original as always your channel is. Sad that YT censor good scientific content, ever and ever more.

    • @otpyrcralphpierre1742
      @otpyrcralphpierre1742 5 месяцев назад

      The Bastages!

    • @alamagordoingordo3047
      @alamagordoingordo3047 5 месяцев назад

      @@otpyrcralphpierre1742Please, what is the meaning of "bastages" ?

    • @ashex_int
      @ashex_int 5 месяцев назад

      No one is censoring this video..... what are you talking about?????

    • @alamagordoingordo3047
      @alamagordoingordo3047 5 месяцев назад

      @@ashex_int In the video is said that YT unsubscribe followers and don't notify new videos to the followers a knowed tatic used by YT to weak unwanted channels.

    • @otpyrcralphpierre1742
      @otpyrcralphpierre1742 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@alamagordoingordo3047 It is a reference to a movie where a man cannot pronounce "Bastards". Johnny Dangerously.

  • @nicodesmidt4034
    @nicodesmidt4034 5 месяцев назад +3

    A combination of OpenCV, PyTorch and some basic Python programming would solve the tracking issue😊

    • @originalmianos
      @originalmianos 5 месяцев назад

      It has already been done many times so there are a bunch of projects available to base this on. Stuff- made-here has done multiple ball trackers.
      Better than gimbaling the camera would be to use galvanometer anyway.

  • @ModernSurvivalSense
    @ModernSurvivalSense 5 месяцев назад

    Always love your videos :)

  • @Malusifer
    @Malusifer 5 месяцев назад

    Happy new year. Love your content. 1mill subs will fly by.

  • @trentw26
    @trentw26 5 месяцев назад +3

    Remember when someone claimed they had made a mosquito tracking laser? They never backed that up. I implore you sir, to make those dreams a reality.

    • @frenchonion4595
      @frenchonion4595 5 месяцев назад +2

      Bruh... iron beam skeeter killer 😎

  • @asiburger
    @asiburger 5 месяцев назад +4

    Do yourself an immense favor and immediately get rid of that dog water fake AI thumbnail. The first thing i did was open the "do not recommend this channel" prompt. Then I saw I was actually subscribed to you and checked the actual video. Ai garbo is so rampant and annoying, that ... more tech savvy people genuinely avoid anything with it. 😅

    • @markssquared
      @markssquared 5 месяцев назад +1

      I liked the thumbnail

    • @TechIngredients
      @TechIngredients  5 месяцев назад

      Me too!

    • @michaelblacktree
      @michaelblacktree 5 месяцев назад +2

      I also had a "suboptimal" reaction to the thumbnail. At first, I just ignored it. Then I started wondering how the "fake AI stuff" got into my subscription feed. When I stopped and focused on it, I finally realized it was Tech Ingredients. Don't get me wrong, it's a cool image. But in my case, it didn't function well as a video thumbnail.

    • @nobodynoone2500
      @nobodynoone2500 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@TechIngredients Honestly find the "AI" thumbs tasteless. Take that as you will, it's your channel.

  • @andycanable5076
    @andycanable5076 5 месяцев назад

    Great content as always! Thank You!

  • @LinXnerd
    @LinXnerd 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you for including that last little bit in this video. That was hilarious! 🤣

  • @aeck2142
    @aeck2142 5 месяцев назад +17

    disappointing to see this channel stoop to AI generated clickbait thumbnails

    • @thetoasterisonfire2080
      @thetoasterisonfire2080 5 месяцев назад +2

      It does have to do with the content tho, so I would say that it’s clickbate

    • @maj429
      @maj429 5 месяцев назад +8

      It's totally on-brand considering the content is regarding AI. I thought it was appropriate before I clicked. Now if they start using AI generated thumbnails for content that is unrelated to AI that would be different.

    • @rustyshakleford5230
      @rustyshakleford5230 5 месяцев назад +8

      Yeah we all agree we want more open mouth Mr. Beast thumbnails and less AI thumbnails. How about an AI thumbnail of a AI interrogation robot pulling out some guys thumbnails for a youtube thumbnail?

    • @Av-vd3wk
      @Av-vd3wk 5 месяцев назад +5

      There’s a difference between “AI” and an Algorithm…these guys just want clicks.

    • @FreeCon01
      @FreeCon01 5 месяцев назад +3

      I think it's clever 😂

  • @saimoboom3701
    @saimoboom3701 4 месяца назад +3

    Palestine ❤️🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

  • @tomtruesdale6901
    @tomtruesdale6901 Месяц назад

    Very interesting yet scary at the same time. Thank you for sharing this information with us.

  • @Mad_Catter_
    @Mad_Catter_ 5 месяцев назад +1

    In true Tech Ingredients fashion, now we need defenses against such a weapon, in a practical demonstration form if you could be so kind!

  • @meh11235
    @meh11235 4 месяца назад +1

    This laser could easily be flown and triggered with a 5v RC system ..... great demonstration. takes me back to my R&D days.

  • @jackjones9460
    @jackjones9460 5 месяцев назад

    I don’t know how you popped up in my feed this system showed me you already have a subscription which is neat. I’m not very tech savvy, but very impressed with you all the same. Thank you for the video.

  • @SteelyEyedH
    @SteelyEyedH 5 месяцев назад +1

    I would think the set up they use to track video of rockets, where the camera is stationary and they move a mirror instead would work well here. The mirrors would likely be a consumable, but much less mass to throw around. I feel like chrome painting the targets would be an issue though, becomes a race between heat soak and reflection/dissipation of heat then.

  • @scottcastle1610
    @scottcastle1610 4 месяца назад

    I followed you for a long time this is a whole nother level well done

  • @matthewwilson8643
    @matthewwilson8643 5 месяцев назад

    What a brilliant channel! Thank you.