Maxblaster, a Flashlight That Can Reached a Moone

One morning, standing in front of Ralf Ottow the bathroom mirror when I saw the bronzed forehead. The tanning - got his hand on the flashlight and the skin is not fried.

He was 8 after 45 - year - old Dutch engineer their own built-in optical light, but the new 38-10000 - candlepower creation, Maxablaster, more like a miniature star. To start, Ottow built-in powerful commercial flashlight and close spacing of the gas is very hot plasma between two electrodes - the center of the lamp to produce light by creating a space filled with mercury arc bulb, to deprive said. Bright, more focus, as well as the results bimui it (the sun, the initial test of the product), the more ultraviolet light kick. So he designed a special reflective coating, ground, and coated glass window to add a trap ultraviolet light and nuts.



POWER: Thebulb is typically used for lab equipment and is designed to run off an outlet, so Ottow had the difficult task of packing together 54 off-the-shelf nickel-metal-hydride batteries. To regulate the current, he added a ballast.

PERFORMANCE: Some flashlights pump out more light, but the Maxblaster has a much greater reach because the mercury arc lamp creates a tightly focused beam. Ottow says he once illuminated a ferry boat some nine miles away.

SAFETY: Ottow installed a strong glass window in case the pressure shatters the bulb and gave it an extra coating to block harmful UV rays. He also added a mechanism so the light needs a key to operate.