night vision
Cameras
Wi-Spy EX30 Spy Cam: For The Paranoid Porn Addict
9:00PM Danny Allen | Whether you’re hunting for jobs at work, or taking some “alone time”, the Wi-Spy wireless surveillance system helps avoid anyone sneaking up on you. It’s also good for stuff that matters, like keeping an eye on your kids’ safety. More »
Cameras
AstroScope: Night Vision For Your Nikon Or Canon DSLR
9:45PM Danny Allen | The AstroScope 9350 night-vision image intensifier mounts between camera and lens to make dark scenes (below 10-4 lux) easily photographable. The EOS-P and NIKS-P models are for Canon EOS and Nikon AF cameras, and are powered by the camera’s battery. More »
Gadgets
Second Gen EyeClops Night Vision Goggles Cheaper, Better
12:00PM Rosa Golijan | Our chief complaints with the EyeClops Night Vision goggles were that they’re uncomfortable and allowed only one eye to be used. Thankfully the second gen is not only cheaper and better, but let’s you look creepy in comfortable binocular style. More »
Online
Buy Your Own Helicopter Thermal Imaging System
2:45AM Jesus Diaz | At $US40,000, this Helicopter FLIR Thermal Imaging System/Infrared Imager may seem a little bit expensive, but when the eBay sellers tells you that “these units are just off a fleet-wide upgrade by a major federal government agency”, the prospect of adding it to your home-made cardboard helicopter or drug-smuggling vehicle looks better and better by the second. Don’t think this is your usual night vision system, however. A FLIR is much more advanced than that. More »
Toys
Lightning Review: EyeClops Night Vision Goggles
8:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | The Gadget: EyeClops Night Vision Infrared Stealth Goggles, the cheapo-version of the spy favourite that’ll allow you to go exploring, play wargames, or stalk your ex-girlfriend in the dark. galleryPost("eyeclopsgoggles", 3, ""); More »
Science
Black Silicon Discovery Could Change Digital Photography, Night Vision Forever
8:00AM Jack Loftus | With the accidental discovery of “black silicon,” Harvard physicists may have very well changed the digital photography, solar power and night vision industries forever. What is black silicon, you say? Well, it’s just as it sounds. Black silicon. It’s what this revolutionary new material does that’s important, starting with light sensitivity. Early indications show black silicon is 100 to 500 times more sensitive to light than a traditional silicon wafer. More »
Vehicles
1:00PM Nick Broughall | Sydney Harbour has had its fair share of accidents recently, and some of them have involved ferries. That’s why the NSW State Government is spending up big to arm its ferries with state of the art night-vision gear.
The ferries are currently trialling the night vision technology in order to avoid smaller craft in the Harbour. So far, it’s already cost $100K, and if it’s deemed successful and rolled out across the Sydney ferries fleet of 31 ferries, will cost over a million bucks.
I’m not sure what kind of gear is being used as part of this trial, but making ferry pilots wear Sam Fisher-type goggles isn’t going to help anybody (unless the ferry captain is a double agent, like Steven Seagal in Undersiege).
As much as I love my tech, and especially night vision tech, I can’t see how this is a good way to spend taxpayers money. How about we stick some of that million dollars into education?
[SBS news via Fashionfunky] More »
Sydney Ferries Getting Night Vision Technology
1:00PM Nick Broughall | Sydney Harbour has had its fair share of accidents recently, and some of them have involved ferries. That’s why the NSW State Government is spending up big to arm its ferries with state of the art night-vision gear.
The ferries are currently trialling the night vision technology in order to avoid smaller craft in the Harbour. So far, it’s already cost $100K, and if it’s deemed successful and rolled out across the Sydney ferries fleet of 31 ferries, will cost over a million bucks.
I’m not sure what kind of gear is being used as part of this trial, but making ferry pilots wear Sam Fisher-type goggles isn’t going to help anybody (unless the ferry captain is a double agent, like Steven Seagal in Undersiege).
As much as I love my tech, and especially night vision tech, I can’t see how this is a good way to spend taxpayers money. How about we stick some of that million dollars into education?
[SBS news via Fashionfunky] More »
Gadgets
Finally, Night Vision Goggles Get Priced Low Enough for Cheapskate Perverts
1:45AM Adam Frucci | Night vision goggles are one of those things that you’ve always wanted, but known that the novelty wasn’t worth the hundreds (or thousands) of dollars such fancy equipment obviously would cost. Well, good news! Now there are night vision goggles priced with you, the amateur pervert, in mind. Only $US90! The EyeClops goggles we checked out in February are finally for sale. They’re similar but assuredly crappier than the ones special forces badasses use! No sleeping ladies are safe when you’ve got cheap night vision goggles. [ThinkGeek] More »
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