Eye injuries are of primary concern. The effect to the eye depends on various factors, including pupil size, pigmentation, laser pulse duration and repetition, and wavelength. Pierre Gougelman had the ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic ophthalmologists have found commercially available Class 3A green laser pointers can cause visible harm to the eye's retina with exposures as short as 60 seconds. The ...

(Reuters Health) - Used incorrectly, laser pointers can damage the retina of the eye and may cause some irreversible vision loss, according to researchers who treated four boys for these injuries.

I’m sure all of you reading this have seen or used a laser pointer at some point in your life, or maybe you’ve even bought one online. But have you ever paid attention to the warning signs on your ...

Using a low-cost apparatus designed to quickly and accurately measure the properties of handheld laser devices, researchers tested 122 laser pointers and found that nearly 90 percent of green pointers ...

Everybody knows not to shine laser pointers in your eye. They could damage your vision! (Emphasis on could, since your eye’s blink reflex would probably protect your retina.) But what if you were an ...

Pierre Gougelman had the first glass eye factory in the United States in 1851. At first, the public thought artificial eyes actually gave their wearers new sight. If only glass eyes worked that way!