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spacedoutman
45 days ago
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Show HN: Glasses to detect smart-glasses that have...
Have you thought about the potential eye/skin damage you would be causing with IR LEDS.
card_zero
45 days ago
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Potentially as much as none, because it's UV that does the damage?
consp
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At some point it pretty much becomes a microwave. Radiation get absorbed and turned into heat. On a small scale not very helpful or harmful. On a larger scale nice to heat your food with but not your head.
nimih
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You'd have to be moving pretty fast to red-shift IR radiation into microwaves, I think.
thih9
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I guess IR can be harmful (IR lasers, military grade IR LEDs). But yes, likely not the consumer grade IR LED.
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