The detector, $US60, goes about camera locating in a two-pronged attack. First, you look through the device’s lens while the unit bathes the room in IR light. Rogue lenses should come out of the woodwork (possibly literally), which will allow you to angle your body toward camera appropriately.

Then, you use the Wi-Fi detector to track down the radio receiver. This function is critical, as you can insure the receiver has an uninterrupted power supply and isn’t overheating in tight quarters.

Sceptics may argue that knowing a camera is filming destroys the purity of unintended exhibitionism. But you tell that to the guy changing in a KMart dressing room who, despite his best efforts, is showing half the world nothing but belly button lint. [Chinavision via RedFerret]

Despite being discovered on Dell’s site, the monitor hasn’t been officially announced yet. We assume the system is IR-based (meaning it’s limited to 2 simultaneous touch points), tracking a finger and stylus alike as you drag and drop or pan/zoom.

Otherwise, specs are like any other monitor, with 1920×1080 resolution, 1000:1 contrast and quick 2ms response time, along with HDMI/DVI-in and a webcam/mic combo. No word yet on pricing or release, but we like the idea. A lot. [Dell via Engadget]

Sharp, at the request of Japan’s National Institute of Informatics, has developed a method to ruin the camcorder footage shot by pirates in movie theatres. By placing mega IR lights behind the screen (which are invisible to the human eye, of course), the light can tunnel through tiny holes that are already in screens for the passage of sound.

The result is a wash of light protruding from the screen, ruining camcorder footage. The other result is that, while you’ll still never buy a ticket to Wolverine, you’ll never get to know how bad the movie really was until, hungover on the couch one afternoon, you catch it on TV or something. [Fareastgizmos]

Note: Unfortunately, the IR blast won’t look nearly as awesome as it does in this photo. I imagine a lame grid of lights, not a reworking by JJ Abrams.

The downside is the price. $100 for the privelage of being able to control your PS3 via a universal remote. Sure the hardware involved needs to be pretty special – it’s got to have both Bluetooth and IR after all – but I can’t help but feel that Logitech is making a little bit too much profit off this.

I suppose I shouldn’t complain too much though – the number of times I’ve thought my Harmony 525 was busted because it wouldn’t pause a Blu-ray in my PS3 before realising my idiocy is so worth $100 paying for.

[Logitech]

A shot from the Iron Man sequel? A costume from a 22nd-century staging of Swan Lake? My new back tat?

Nope, just an amazing photo of the H-Bomb power-heated wetsuit by Rip Curl, shot using a FLIR thermal imaging infrared cam. [Rip Curl via BBG]

In order for the system to work, a receiver must be placed on top of the screen to capture pen movements, but the result is a decent-sized screen for your doodles. That sounds like a pretty handy device for around $US104. [Hanwha via Akihabara News]

No price on this since it’s straight from an OEM in China, but it’s supposedly controlled by any IR remote, provided you can program the universal remote at all. Plus it can “avoid energy waste of standby status.” Which is good, because “if equipments keep standby status, it may be attacked by thunder, the inside high temperature may cause self-ignite or fire.”

Attacked by thunder! That’s gotta be fucking LOUD. [Szlanwei via Red Ferret]

Designed primarily for military use, these LightSpeed binoculars are capable of transmitting “untappable” voice and video signals to another set of binoculars using infrared.

The LightSpeed system exploits free-space optics–the ability to pass data between two points via an optical beam. The method usually involves lasers, but this system uses eye-safe infrared LEDs, similar to those used in TV remotes, says Leo Volfson, president of Torrey Pines Logic, which created LightSpeed. “The binocular has an attachment that fits over the ocular side,” Volfson says. “It produces a beam that comes out of the right eye of the binocular. On the left side is a receiver. If you look at me and I look at you, we’ll be able to talk or send information.” Range is determined by the strength of the optics. Unlike radio-wave transmissions, data transfer through the LED beam is undetectable.

There is no word on how much these things might cost, but the Volfson believes that his product has potential outside of the defence industry. That’s right—bird watcher’s worlds are about to get rocked by technology. [Popular Mechanics]

The BSODomizer does have legitimate uses, like calibrating a screen, but flashing the BSOD without reason is definitely a more entertaining one. Besides, that pun would’ve gone to waste if it had been called the DIY Image Flasher or whatever. The BSODomizer is available from their website for $US79 before shipping, and the site helpfully provides instructions for building your own.

Warning: the source link is NSFW if your workplace has a rule against ASCII drawings of Goatse. I wish I was kidding about that last part. [BSODomizer]