Grab sunshine in your hand with Maxablaster flashlight

Ever wanted to take the twinkling stars in your grasp? Well, this may just be the device for you. Maxablaster, fabricated by Ralf Ottow, a Dutch Optics Engineer, is a handheld Flashlight that can produce light intensity of a whooping 38-million-candlepower. It is driven by 54 standard nickel-metal-hydride batteries batteries that are easily available. MaxaBlaster produces a highly focused beam of light that can travel 4 miles without much dispersion. All thanks to the Mercury Ark bulb that produces light by developing hot plasma between two electrodes inside the gas chamber of the lamp.

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At the inception, it had a flaw as it produced a superfluous amount of UV light, capable of frying the human skin. So, later Ralf added a specially coated reflector and a new glass window potent enough to stop the UV rays from radiating out. He also added a ballast to regulate the current. There is also a provision of a cooling fan, in case Maxablaster got hot. I guess that's a nice device to address the ET's, (the light spot can reach the high flying clouds at least). More pics after the jump.

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Via: PopSci