• Question: At a wedding I think it would be cool to cut the cake with a laser - has that ever happened?

    Asked by lottieelizabethmk to Mike, Pip, Tianfu, Tim, Tom on 28 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Tom Lister

      Tom Lister answered on 28 Jun 2012:

      I would have to advise everybody in the audience to wear appropriate eye-protection – which would make it slightly less cool.

      I have fired lasers at different fruit, which is one things Drs do early on in their training or when testing out a new way of holding the laser. It would take a very long time to cut all the way through it.

    • Photo: Tim Stephens

      Tim Stephens answered on 28 Jun 2012:

      Not that I’m aware of. When I was at uni, they had a laser that could cut through vegetables in a few seconds, and there are big laser cutters that cut metal, so I’d be surprised if someone hasn’t thought about it – I guess it depends on whether he got his wife to agree!

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