Camera that Sees through Smoke and Fog Underway

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Camera that Sees through Smoke and Fog Underway

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday September 23, 2004 @04:21PM from the looking-glasses dept.

tomschuring writes "The Age has a story about IATIA, who have been given $2.7 million by the Defence Department to fund development of a military spy camera capable of seeing through fog, smoke and dust storms. The technology uses a highly sophisticated camera that captures three images simultaneously through a single lens. Images thus resolved from between the particles making up fog, smoke, and dust storms are formed into a single picture of the hidden target."

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Other versions available... by physicsphairy · 2004-09-23 16:28 · Score: 5, Funny

"that captures three images simultaneously through a single lens." There is also a Kodak version, where one set of pictures is lost, another is misdeveloped, and the third is inadvertently sent to your ex with the same middle initial.

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Re:also by brocheck · 2004-09-23 16:29 · Score: 5, Funny

I wonder if it would let you see through the particles that many dresses consist of.

I'd buy one.

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Can it see through smoke and mirrors? by telly333 · 2004-09-23 16:31 · Score: 5, Funny

Just in time for politics.slashdot.org!

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1. Re:Can it see through smoke and mirrors? by arose · 2004-09-23 17:38 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Yes, in fact it can. Here's the resulting image: politics without smoke and mirrors.
  
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3D? by Nathdot · 2004-09-23 16:32 · Score: 3, Funny

The technology uses a highly sophisticated camera that captures three images simultaneously through a single lens

Unfortunately the image cannot be viewed without Red+Blue 3D glasses.
Re:also by Darthmalt · 2004-09-23 16:38 · Score: 3, Funny

IIRC Sony accidentaly did that. If you engaged the night vision you could see through clothing. However, I think they recalled all the cameras that were capable of this.
Do hot chicks wear clothes made of fog? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-23 16:53 · Score: 1, Funny

No? Then I'm not interested. ;P
Re:also by AndroidCat · 2004-09-23 16:57 · Score: 5, Funny

If they make one that can see through fingers and lenscaps, I am so there!

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Fog of war... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-23 17:03 · Score: 2, Funny

... now I can stop feeling guilty for turning off fog of war in games!
Re:Article text (in case of /.'ing) by martinX · 2004-09-23 17:41 · Score: 1, Funny

Ummm...

Initially, Iatia had used Professor Nugent's discoveries in microscopes to detect things such as cracks in gas turbine blades and to study Natalie Portman's nipples and other human tissue samples.

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Re:I for one... by hunterx11 · 2004-09-23 17:52 · Score: 2, Funny

Tin foil, of course.

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Finally! by lewp · 2004-09-23 18:32 · Score: 3, Funny

Every day for the last six months.

Where's my spy camera?
Where's my spy camera?
Where's my spy camera?

Here's your stupid spy camera!

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I don't know about this... by NathanM412 · 2004-09-23 18:43 · Score: 5, Funny

Sounds like vaporware to me!
Pfff, had that already in... by thrill12 · 2004-09-23 21:44 · Score: 4, Funny

..[name your favourite war-game here] - it's called:

Turn fog of war off

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Camera not required. by raehl · 2004-09-24 01:40 · Score: 2, Funny

All you need to see through smoke or fog is a few extra OpenGL commands. It's not limited to just fog/dust either, you can even snipe through walls!

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Re:also by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-24 02:31 · Score: 1, Funny

Yeah. Right here
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