Cameras

Pervert Alert: This Camera Can See Through Clothes

This S95-styled point and shoot, the Midnight Shot NV-1, is the perfect camera for perverts. Why? Cause it has an infrared-night shot mode which can let you see through thin fabric and other materials.


March 7, 2011
Cameras

Take A Picture Hides Infrared Artwork In Plain Sight

Without a camera, an art gallery based on Take a Picture would appear to be a boring, empty place with nothing on the walls but blank canvases. Take out the camera, however, and the place would spring to life.


March 4, 2011
Cameras

This Night-Vision Camera Sees Colour

Cameras that can see in the dark are nothing special. But how much detail can you really get from that fuzzy, green, Buffalo Bill-o-vision? The colour Night Vision Camera, though, can reproduce red, blue, and green even through the pitch black darkness, using the magic of infrared.


January 21, 2011
Science

Infrared Look At 123 Tons Of Nuclear Waste Reveals Hot Mess

This infrared image shows railroad cars carrying 123 tons of nuclear waste. Don’t worry about all that heat though, because according to nuclear energy and proliferation expert Matthew Bunn, it “doesn’t mean anything in particular in terms of how dangerous [the waste]is”.


July 31, 2010

Believe It Or Not, This Is An iPhone Universal Remote

What to do when Apple’s abandoned its remote app and you don’t want to gum up your dock connector with an adaptor? Well, UnityRemote’s a great start: an infrared hub that turns iPhones and iPads into a 360-degree universal remote.


July 15, 2010

Collapsible Input Pen Lets You Draw 3D Images On A 2D Surface

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It’s difficult to create 3D images on a 2D surface because, well, you’re missing a whole dimension. Enter Beyond, a collapsible input device that can virtually extends the pen into the screen to create the 3D effect.


June 15, 2010
Cameras

What Is Xbox 360 Kinect?

Cameras? IR emitters? Natal? Kinect? Xbox 360? WTF? Give us three minutes. We can explain everything.


May 20, 2010
Science

Nanotech Breakthrough Could Make Satellite Imaging 20x More Powerful

Take a few of my favourite subjects: quantum dots, satellites, and gold. Mix them together, and what do you get? A breakthrough from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute that could revolutionise infrared detection. Somewhere, the Predator is jealous.


February 12, 2010
Science

1Gbps Streaming Achieved With Infrared Light

A Penn State graduate student and professor have built a system that transmits wireless data at 1Gbps over infrared light. And they think it can go even faster.


February 11, 2010
Science

A Slightly Better View Of The Orion Nebula

No doubt, you’ve seen Orion when stargazing. A spot on his belt that’s sometimes mistaken for a star is really the Orion Nebula. Here’s an ever-so-better better view, thanks to the 67-megapixel, infrared-sensitive VISTA telescope.