Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have completed a prototype device that can block digital-camera function in a given area. Commercial versions of the technology could be used to stymie espionage photography or video copying.
Read about it here , but basically it works by flashing a thin beam of visible white light directly at the camera's image sensor and overwhelming the target camera with light and rendering recorded video unusable.
Cool.
6 comments:
every time I develop my film ($$) I think I should buy a digital camera. And then I see how much the buggers cost.
It is interesting to watch folks take pictures of books in the bookstore where I used to work. I used to find it hysterical when they'd ask where the photocopier was. Nice.
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Sweet! I'll bet that'll be very, very useful.
Now... I'd like a cell phone blocker in every theatre!
take that movie theatre movie pirates.
birdwoman: I have both & I have to say I prefer my digital camera. We were spending a fortune developing mediocre pictures. With the digital, you only process the photos you want which makes the process less costly & the photos are outstanding when you're done cropping & editing them on the computer.
brooke: they're working on that too.
rgmb: how long before they learn to block the blocker?
cube that is the problem. The crooks are always one step ahead of those guarding the bank.
Cube i thought i had a new
profession,oh well back to
the drawing board.
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