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Thread: The laser bug , how did we get it ?

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    my story just sucks in comparison, although my lack of years on planet earth has alot to do with it.

    I saw a laser at a club and said "i want one". A week later a nice 50mw metek laser and beamscan head and controler were in my house

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    Physics class. Our teacher had us transmit sound by literally hooking up an audio source to a 5mw red laser diode and shining it on a solar cell. A couple years before that I bought one of those when it was $35 for one of those suckers, but the physics class is what caught me.

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    National Geographic magazine, March 1984!
    It is the issue with a hologram of the bold eagle on the cover.
    The article is titled:Lasers, a splendid light for man's use. I must say that at the age of 10 I was more captured by the pictures than the text but I got the bug right there!

    cheers,
    Matthijs

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    I remember that article. That was the year I graduated high school. Great cover pic! (And a nice article describing how they made it...)

    Adam

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