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by juggertao 874 days ago
Lasers are so cheap these days. For $50 you can buy a DMX controlled 0.5W RGB laser from AliExpress.

I've been thinking about using them for Christmas lights.

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Please don't. It's so easy to blind somebody with a laser. I always get anxious near laser shows, especially when there's a change it's not done properly as it could still blind you several hundred meters away.
That's very much not safe! I was at a resort in Eastern Europe over Christmas and on the other side of a lake someone had a rig like that. It caused me no end of trouble because it kept sweeping across the place where I was seated and this was easily a 100 meters or more. Make sure you know what/who you are pointing at.