Comments on: Wouldn’t bet my life on it

By: The Fool on the Hill

The Fool on the Hill — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:13:49 +0000

I’d like to see the spec sheets on the LED’s, most of them wont even list the output power per LED since the millicandella system only works with the visible light spectrum, from what I gather one has to look at the power output in terms of milliwatts, which is rarely tested. (manufacturers omitting info on a spec sheet? I’m shocked!!)

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Anti/Surveillance Fashion Show at Maker Faire « The tech telecom and all — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:01:04 +0000

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Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:18:24 +0000

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Anti/Surveillance Fashion Show at Maker Faire | DAILY BREAKING NEWS UPDATE — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:08:24 +0000

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By: samuel

samuel — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:01:42 +0000

As for the actual security camera, I think the room was still too bright for the IR feature to turn on due to the open door.

Try it in a dark room.

By: Matt Katz

Matt Katz — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:39:13 +0000

I recommend you do something simple like suspend a discoball from your forehead and point a laser at it.

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Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:09:51 +0000

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By: Jo Scientist

Jo Scientist — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:35:52 +0000

Oh, and removing the IR filter on any standard camcorder or web cam does give it limited night vision capabilities. For true night vision you would need an infrared spotlight, sort of the reverse of what you are doing with your hoodie because its focused on an image. But still pretty good.

By: Jo Scientist

Jo Scientist — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:30:35 +0000

This is great stuff but those IR blockers only work with police cameras at like speeding checkpoints. That is because almost every camera has a filter in it to block all IR light. It’s just a little piece of glass. Otherwise in a Starbucks or whatever, all the security camera would see is a huge heat source coming off the coffee for instance. Police cameras in fixed positions like at red lights have these filters removed so that they can pick up license plates at night. On one of those cameras, your hoodie would work because the heat from the IR bulbs would wash out your face just like you were wearing spotlights. You can test this with a standard Logitec Webcam if you want. Open it up and remove the little square IR filter. Then your special hoodie will block the view. So for a security camera that needs to work at night or in darkness, you can block it with the bulbs, but not on most cameras that only care about visible light, like the kind the human eye sees.

By: nathan

nathan — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:41:23 +0000

I so wanted this to work…. please keep trying.