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Sam Fisher Will Be Watching You Watching The Dark Knight

Nick Broughall — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:05:28 +0000

It’s probably the beginning of the apocalypse or something, but Australia is actually starting to get things before the United States. Last week it was the iPhone 3G, and this week it’s the new Batman movie – The Dark Knight is in Australian Cinemas today, but not hitting the US until Friday. This almost makes up for Disney delaying Wall-E by 3 months in Australia. Almost.

In any case, because of the exciting Australian exclusive, Village Roadshow are cranking up the piracy ~~paranoia~~ prevention, and issuing staff at workers at cinemas nationwide with night-vision goggles, according to News.com.au. That’s right, the same guys that will be picking up your empty popcorn boxes will also be armed with state of the art military tech to stop you from recording a copy of the film for YouTube.

If you do decide to risk it and are caught, expect to be ~~silently shot in the back of the head~~ ejected from the cinema post haste.

[News.com.au]

Soldier Without Night Vision Goggles + Puddle = Hilarity

Gizmodo US Edition — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:40:00 +0000

A spy drone with an infrared night vision system captured this perfect moment when a solider without night vision gear discovered why it’s such a useful piece of tech. You know, for spotting otherwise-invisible lurking bad guys in the dark … and huge puddles right in your path. Brilliant. Thanks to whoever declassified this! [Danger Room]

Tag Heuer Night Vision Glasses

Mark Wilson — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:30:06 +0000

Tag Heuer is releasing glasses that offer you night vision without scaring your family into thinking that their mini van has been hijacked for a covert ops mission. Their “Night Vision” glasses use light yellow lenses to enhance road contrast and improve your distance of view. Field tested at 24 Hours of LeMans, Tag Heuer is feeling charitable enough to provide them for your next vital midnight run to grab a “fourth meal.” [jalopnik]

EyeClops Night Vision Goggles, My Secret Manhunt Weapon

Benny Goldman — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:00:17 +0000

The EyeClops Night Vision goggles let you see in total darkness using infrared lights, all while giving you that special Terminator look. Two attachments allow visibility 10 or 20 feet ahead—the 10-footers give off no light, the 20s show some small red dots. I tried them on in a pitch black room and saw every poster on the wall easily. They’re US$80, and they’ll be out sometime this fall. A giant game of Manhunt will follow shortly after. [EyeClops]

Face-On With FLIR’s Night Vision Camera For Cars

Jason Chen — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:36:39 +0000

You already saw FLIR’s PathfindIR’s night vision video, showing off what it looks like in use driving down a dark street. Now we’ve got a face-on of what it’s going to look like when you run a over paparazzi that looks eerily like Jason Chen (Benny’s the bowl-cut in the foreground). You can still make out the features of whatever you hit—it’s not just a white blob—so you know whether to stop and help or pull a hit and run. (Just kidding. We’d never stop and help.)

Nightvision For Any Car: FLIR PathfindIR

Brian Lam — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:28:23 +0000

The Bottom line: Remember that urban tale of the drug running lambo doing 200mph runs using merely nightvision? FLIR, used to making commercial nightvision systems for law enforcement, marine, and airborne vehicle has trickled the tech into civilian hands. The PathfindIR is their first infrared nightvision adaptable for any car, although they’ll be demo’ing at CES in a BMW. The camera (below) gets mounted in a grill, and the AV output hooks into any LCD and even some dashboard nav systems. The video looks to be a relatively low res 320 x 240, with a wide 36º H x 27º V field of view. The best news: the IR system lets cars see 5x further than high beams.
The catch: Staring at a LCD on your dash sound dangerous. Demo video after the jump.

iKey LED Keyboard is Rugged, Compatible With Night Vision Goggles

Haroon Malik — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:16:43 +0000

You are on an espionage mission; you whip out your portable keyboard, but cannot see a thing because of the night vision (NV) goggles you are wearing. Enter iKey’s LED keyboard, which will not only show you your peripheral with glorious back lighting when it gets a bit dim, it will also illuminate your keys when you are out, in the pitch black, with only your NV goggles for visionary sustenance.Every secret agent needs one, and that is exactly why these will be standard issue for all Gizmodo writers…I have said too much about our covert objectives—we will now have to destroy you all, sorry. The iKey LED keyboard is actually intended for use by military, medical and law enforcement agencies. Pricing details are available from iKey directly. [Product Page via Ubergizmo]

Ushers Use Night-Vision Goggles To Bust Movie Pirates

Seamus Byrne — Fri, 25 May 2007 14:30:00 +0000

Perhaps it’s because of the desire to keep flashlights out of the eyes of innocent moviegoers, perhaps it’s because of the Guillermo Del Toro-ian fear the look inspires, or perhaps it’s because they just like sweet gadgets, Malaysian ushers are beginning to use night-vision goggles to spot pirates.

The goggles, a present from the Motion Picture Association of America, have already proved their usefulness in 17 cases in the past two months, a time when studios were releasing Spider Man 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean: When Will This Series End?. Another ploy by the MPAA was to import a pair of DVD-sniffing dogs. Responsible for turning up more than half a million bootleg movies, the dogs are now rumored to have a price on their heads, courtesy of said Malaysian pirates.

According to blueprints from the Acme Company, the MPAA will next attempt to mount a large red rocket and light its fuse while aiming it at the place where the Malaysian movie pirates are eating strategically placed birdseed. – Wilson Rothman

Malaysia cinemas use night goggles to nab pirates [Reuters]

Night Vision Webcam is Asking for Trouble

Seamus Byrne — Fri, 04 May 2007 19:20:00 +0000

I’m sure there’s a non-perverted reason to own a night-vision webcam, but I have no idea what it is. Anyone? No? That’s what I thought.

So if your girlfriend said no when you asked if she’d be into taping your pale, awkward lovemaking, just get one of these and do it without her knowledge. It’s the classy and respectful thing to do, and everyone knows that amateur porn shot with night vision will get you famous on the Internet. Just ask Paris Hilton. â€“Adam Frucci

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