If the Glowforge can recognize many materials, can it recognize dangerous ones and basically not even turn on?
Like if you put in Moleskine item, which is shown as an item on the main page itself, will it yell at me that Moleskine
is a PVC product and releases chlorine gas and junk?
And come to think it, why is that even on the main page if it is a dangerous product 
Probably notā¦lol. I hear the ārecognize materialā feature will scan a bar code or qr code printed on material purchased from Glowforge. Any other materials will have to be checked against a safe vs harmful list that will no doubt will be available to any owners.
A simple google search already shows lots of info.
Just read that Moleskine has been PVC free since 2012ā¦
Googleā¦its a wonderful thingā¦
A lot of googling and older Moleskine products had PVC, while the company says they now donāt. But canāt find info on what is considered āoldā products.
If I got a bunch from a wholesaler for example, I wouldnāt want the batches that did.
Maybe they have an inventory number or you can tell by the UPC codeā¦
Good idea. Looks like we have figured everything out. 
Yes - as noted, we only recognize things we do support. Cool idea though!
(Iām still looking for a definitive word on the moleskine)
That would be a really useful safety feature. The technology does exist at a small size, however itād really only be useful if it could catch a material before it became fumes.