• Question: Do you think that in the future, people would use lasers more commonly? Like a laser to cut food... and would there have to be certain laws involving the use of them?

    Asked by ihaveswag to Mike, Pip, Tianfu, Tim, Tom on 29 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Tim Stephens

      Tim Stephens answered on 29 Jun 2012:

      There are legal requirements and safety standards that laser manufacturers have to follow. If they don’t they get into trouble if someone gets hurt by mistake.

      I doubt that we’ll use them to cut food because knives are simpler and work really well. Why complicate thngs?

    • Photo: Tom Lister

      Tom Lister answered on 29 Jun 2012:

      To show off! Have you ever seen somebody open a bottle of champagne with a sword? It would be even cooler with a laser (and lots of bottles at the same time)

      A laser could also be more hygienic than a knife, as you wouldn’t need to wash the beam! If they were sold for this, they would have to be set-up in a way that you couldn’t blind yourself. I’m sure this is possible and if you could do this I guess they wouldn’t be any more dangerous than a knife?

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