Gamer and geek Patrick Priebe decided to build a real-life Dead Space plasma cutter, and it’s definitely no slouch. Featuring two 1500-milliwatt blue lasers and three 30-milliwatt green lasers for aiming. It’s powered by four batteries – 3 14500 series lithium-ions and one 18650 – and weighs approximately 4.4 pounds. Continue reading for a video and more information.
Thankfully, it doesn’t seem the “tool” will cut its way through your worst enemy or obnoxious friend, but as demonstrated in the above video, it will burn a hole in some wood if the blue lasers are focused on the surface for a bit. It’ll also burn up a standard plastic garbage bag, so at least you can prank your roommates by cutting nearly invisible holes into various parts of the bag, creating weak points for the garbage to fall through when he goes to take the trash out.
