gtresearchnews.gatech.edu — 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 unwanted use of video or still cameras.
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diggduggjoeJun 18, 2006
I wonder if a pinhole lens could mess this system up. There would be no traditional reflection. Would the pinhole be too small to be detected? Or, could you use a pinhole lens to project to an internal screen, then the CCD would convert it to digital. That way the CCD is never directly exposed to the scanners.Example of an pinhole lens:<a class="user" href="http://www.camerahacker.com/EOS_Pin-Hole_Lens/index.shtml">http://www.camerahacker.com/EOS_Pin-Hole_Lens/index.shtml</a>The system will be good to keep the average joe in line, but a determined spy or pirate will spend the money to counter this technology
bieberJun 19, 2006
Blegh, meant to be a reply
bebop717Jun 19, 2006
@ bieber daguerreotypes and cyanotypes and all the old school types of photo processing are still around. Of course they are not as popular, they still have a following, I have shot a couple of cyanotypes in the last couple of days.
twinturboJun 19, 2006
Yet another reason to get a SLR. Anyone who is serious about taking pictures of something important, is going to be professional anyway so they would more then likeley use a SLR and then it really would not matter if they had this anti-camera machine, that ironically uses cameras to disable cameras, running or not. Besides, people will come out with ways to get around it, thats what alot of people out there live for, but its a pretty cool idea though.
metal_hurlantJun 19, 2006
If this becomes popular, someone is definitely going to figure out a way to make CCD cameras not retroreflective, probably as a little filter you mount on your lens (between polarizers and one-way mirrors, there's may already be something out there that'd work.)What the RIAA really needs to do is to discover Minovsky particles (1). But then the obvious risk is that movie theaters all over the world might be overtaken by giant mobile suits piloted by angry kids.Oh well. can't stop progress. especially if it leads to giant robots trampling helpless people.1: <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Century_Technology#Minovsky_Physics">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Century_Technology#Minovsky_Physics</a>
wthnowJun 19, 2006
Just another way to monitor or suppress reporting. Who gives a crap about pirated movies? Its all about controlling the channels of distribution. Glad they didn't have this at the Versus Utah rave. Look at the people smiling who made it too. Technology of oppression. yay! :(