@pipper: Exactly what I was thinking. Getting busted by a copper is one thing but getting a big-ass ticket in the mail from some company who is paid a "commission" for every citation it issues is a whole other thing...

golferal

How about a mod like this for Japanese porn, so you get that pleasing light instead of the annoying blurriness?

SinAmos

I have thought of similar idea years ago:
Since most traffic camera uses CCD or CMOS sensors which basically captures infrared light spectrum as well, it MIGHT work if I wire up multitude of infrared bulbs around the license plate. It might saturate the sensor and hide the license plate #.
Never again get caught running red lights or speeding in your neighborhood?

pipper

Wait.... BEST.IDEA.EVER.

install these on your car by your license plates and viola no more video evidence of your wrongdoings!

WinkMe

nutbastard

i'm so doing this.

jbhitter24

Laughingman Logo v0.1

nutbastard

LET THE ROBBERIES COMMENCE!

I am sooooooooooo robbing the PDQ by my house now, THANKS GIZMODO FOR BRINGING ME TO THE LIGHT (literally)

WinkMe

if you know where the cameras are, you can set up little lasers on mini tripods and shine em into the lenses. it'll white out the image completely.

nutbastard

This was what I've been wating for.

oo0cyst0oo

Awesome! I'll take a pair.

clearbox

I'd walk around humming the Ghostbusters theme.

JadoJodo

... not mention this would only work within the field of vision for the IR LEDs. Which are usualy pretty damn narrow. Give the camera your side profile or a little more and it'll see you just fine.

So instead of IR LED glasses you would need an IR LED Halo around your head.

Don't forget to IR LED your visible tattoos!!!!

JEmlay

I think it would be easier to just wear a ninja mask.

Saboth

I wanna think of a better way to implement this one. Maybe a flashlight sort of thing so people can't take pictures of me. Good idea.

CarbonatedWater

He's a replicant!

BiZarRroBALlmeR

I'm surprised no one's busted this article yet with a correction.

It's IR LEDs. Not just LED's.

Also, that's ONLY if the camera supports IR night vision. Otherwise the IR LEDs aren't enhanced and will just look like two tiny white dots on their head.

Also, CCTV specifically has nothing to do with it. The system doesn't have to be "closed circuit".

Plus, in many cases this has been BUSTED. I tried it myself with my IR Wii Glasses and sure enough, both my standard cameras and night vision cameras just saw two tiny little dots on my head. I forget which fixed position cameras we have and the night vision ones are Canon VB-C50iR.

JEmlay

LED glasses + Teenager + ATM Machines = Hours of junior high humor for bank employees.

Monty

does it only work with video?????

VeeDub

@pipper: That is how laser scramblers for cars work. They are illegal now in Illinois.

FuzzysFriedChicken

It reminds me of The Ring.

ripfire

I been thinking of this for years..
i should have filed a patent..
: ( (Fail)

DJJS

See Frailty.

Watch till end.

Cool like that.

Nucca.

doobiebros22

@nutbastard:

im gonna go with this is way harder and less convienient than these glasses. not too mention its probably the hardest thing ever to do discretely and then to control all of the variables, i dont think so.

yankees177

@CarbonatedWater: [gizmodo.com]

Valicious

@nutbastard: is that grand theft animal crossing?

Valicious

This bastard stole my idea! Except mine looked much more discreet :D

UndeadOverlord

@nutbastard: I dunno... there are filters that can delete the laser light data. Maybe the near-IR flashlights from Inside Man are the way to go for your idea.

qbrad

I'm not sure about your neck of the woods but the speeders thought up using bright LEDs, IR and other, to beat cameras for years, and in most countries having such installed in itself is an assured very considerable fine.
I'm guessing in the US they also made laws to punish such attempts years ago already.
(Oh and special reflective coating on plates against flash speedcams are also already outlawed everywhere.)

And I bet the crooks that use it to defeat shop-cameras during robberies will forget to turn them off outside and make a perfect target to spot by police choppers :)

Wwhat

Is this how they do the Shapeshifter episodes in Supernatural?

ice_cold_irony

@Wwhat:
"And I bet the crooks that use it to defeat shop-cameras during robberies will forget to turn them off outside and make a perfect target to spot by police choppers :)"

HAHAHA!!! Good "outside the box" catch!!!

JEmlay

Bonnets with two holes (maybe three) would still be my choice:D

freznel

@pipper: CCD and CMOS sensors are sensitive to short-wave IR light, but for daytime viewing security cameras use an IR-blocking filter that shops IR reaching the sensor and washing out the colors. For low-light, night time use, the filter is moved out of the way.

As a result this would only work at night.

LittleJon

Laaaaaaagggggg!!!!! *_*

logikgr

I made a pair of these a while ago, for working under my car. Sometimes, with a flashlight, you just can't get light where you need it.

logikgr

I remember doing a pair of these along time ago for working under my car at my apartment complex. Snaking an extension cord that long would've not been possible. Sometimes, with a flashlight, you just can't get light where you need it.

Super cool!

logikgr

I like how he calls it "anti-paparazzi glasses", like that is something we all have to worry about.

rjupiter

They Live! The Sunglasses!

OMG! Ponies!

too bad long exposure to IR LED can blind you... That no one has realized yet amazes me...

Ariel_Wollinger

It makes you wonder just how many "ufos" are really government or military aircraft with big infrared lights underneath/around them.....

squishyalt

Ariel_Wollinger -> And, they seem to ignore the litigus society that we live in. If Famous people ever did start wearing these, the paparazzi (and others) would sue for damages to their eyes.

While it is possible to shield the wearer from damage, the people nearby that keep staring at your funny looking glasses may not be so lucky.

In any event.....you are guaranteed to see these on America's Most Wanted in the coming weeks. Then IR filters will become common on cameras and the gig will be up.

squishyalt