Laser pointer for poor and/or color-blind vision

Submitted by Damien Leri on Thu, 02/12/2009 - 1:13pm.

Hi,

One of our faculty cannot see a red laser pointer, both because of
color-blindedness and because it is so small. Has anyone found a good
pointer that addresses these?

He has not tried green pointers, so I am considering getting one of
those. But ideally we would have one with a larger circle (or that we
can bring out of focus to make the circle larger).

Thanks,

Damien

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University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Laser pointer for poor and/or color-blind vision
Submitted by knf on Thu, 02/12/2009 - 1:13pm.

actually, blue is the brightest "color" for many colorblind people (speaking from a lifetime of personal experience).I found the blue laser pointer for $582.50 fromhttp://store.oemlasersystems.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=71
I have no knowledge about the reliability, etc. of the vendor. -ken flaxmanOn Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Ramsey, Robert L <robert-ramsey@uiowa.edu> wrote:
Here are a few laser pointers from Edmund Scientific.  They have some powerful, but pricey, models.

http://scientificsonline.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_3122900
http://scientificsonline.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_3041104 This is adjustable.
http://scientificsonline.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_3151752 This is also adjustable and it sounds like the dots might be bigger.

They also have a blue laser pointer for $899, but that seems a bit much and is probably less visible even than the red.

Bob

-----Original Message-----

One of our faculty cannot see a red laser pointer, both because of
color-blindedness and because it is so small.  Has anyone found a good
pointer that addresses these?

He has not tried green pointers, so I am considering getting one of
those. But ideally we would have one with a larger circle (or that we
can bring out of focus to make the circle larger).

Thanks,

Damien

--
Damien Leri
Director of User Services
Information Technology Services
University of Pennsylvania Law School
215.898.2613 <damien@law.upenn.edu>
http://www.law.upenn.edu/itsfeedback

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