Rob Beschizza
Gear

Activists: Whiteboard Projectors Too Dangerous For British Schools

Bored of imagining that WiFi is making children ill, British nannies have turned their attention to … projectors! The bulbs are too bright, they say, threatening to overexpose kids’ peripheral vision and damage retinas “even when not actually staring directly into the beam.”

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Bored of imagining that WiFi is making children ill, British nannies have turned their attention to ... projectors! The bulbs are too bright, they say, threatening to overexpose kids' peripheral vision and damage retinas "even when not actually staring directly into the beam."

'A letter from the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) admits that only a third of whiteboards have health and safety notices on them and says that its "current health and safety information does not address projectors".'

The lamps are dangerous, allegedly, when they exceed guidelines that specify a 1,500 lumen max. For reference, the sun is typically perceived as about 50,000 on a clear day.

That said, if a country ever tried to ban looking at the sun, it would be Britain.

Whiteboard projector safety fears [BBC]