Instant laser coffee

[PhotonWrangler]

The best part of waking up is photons in your cup...

 

[2xTrinity]

Interesting. I haven't ever heated coffee using a laser, but I have heated coffee before using a couple kW of radio waves at approximately 2.5 GHz, which is a similar idea

 

[Hemlock Mike]

Uh - Trinity --

That's called a microwave oven - though the new ones run at 5 GHz I believe. 2.5 Ghz is uplink frequency.

Damn - that sure is a nice beam

Mike

 

[The_LED_Museum]

That's so cool!!! (or "kool" or "kewl") :thumbsup:

 

[COMMANDR]

Just bought one of those coffee laser at Target last week.

Gary

 

[SenKat]

Just bought one of those coffee laser at Target last week.

Gary

DANGIT !!! They must have been right next to the WII2's they were stocking....I missed out again !:lolsign:

 

[bitslammer]

Instant coffee is evil.

 

[65535]

I find it hard to believe that was a 2kW laser unless it was IR or UV, shouldn't the beam be clearly visible? Wether or not my concern is correct, it's bigger than most.

 

[SenKat]

I find it hard to believe that was a 2kW laser unless it was IR or UV, shouldn't the beam be clearly visible? Wether or not my concern is correct, it's bigger than most.

According to label on it - it is a Nd-YAG laser which is IR....unsure EXACTLY what wavelength it is, but it is most definitely IR.

 

[COMMANDR]

Instant coffee is evil.

Thats why they were zapping it with the laser to boil all of the evil (and flavor) out of the stuff.

Gary

 

[dyyys1]

Looks like a very cost-effective way to heat food.

 

[Hemlock Mike]

Nd:YAg outputs at 1064 nM. IR but if it's powerful enough, it will ionize air. It's a neat effect when focused. Not efficient for heating food -- I don't think the efficiency is over 10%.
Mike

 

[PhotonWrangler]

Now all we need is a laser toaster that can burn CPF logos onto toast. Breakfast is served!

 

[YAG]

You see it because the camera can detect infrared... the same way you can see an infrared remote with a camera.