Night Vision Scope From Scavenged Parts

Caydel writes "Greg Miller appears to have built a Night Vision Scope out of an image intensifier tube, and parts he found mostly in dumpsters. Also on Greg's site: Flyback transformers, coil guns, plasma globes and Tesla coils made from dumpster materials." You get the feeling he's not also writing product safety manuals on the side.

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Wow 60 year old technology....

[MajorDick]

Night Vision is a 60-70 year old technology,

Ther Germans used the Vampir in WWII for crying out loud. I dont know when the first US night vision appeared but it was pre Korea

I can build a 1 tube radio too, and theyre basically on the same level tech wise.

Now why dosent someone build one of those cool doppler thingamajigies that ses in the dark and throught smoke and fog, now THAT would be cool , and a little more recent technology wise.
I mean night vision ? I can do it with my 99$ Camcorder. A doppler I haven seen for under about 5 grand.

This is news?

[Caradoc]

I built a IR scope in 1988 (in high school) from a surplus tube, a transformer from an old monitor, and some surplus optics.

It won me a $500 scholarship from the Army, which paid for my freshman Biology textbooks when I got to college.

This is news?

I beg you pardon ?!?

[fizze]

Ok, the goggles and stuff might be fun. ok. but building a tesla coil ?

Pardonnez moi ?
This is not only highly dangerous, but also incredibly stupid. While he DOES notice that the very strong electromagnetic field does turn on and off other devices nearby, he still keeps fiddling with it.
There is no clue about the frequency his coil effectively produces, but simply the fact that there are at least some 50.000 volts wouldnt want me to have this device active, unless in a controller environment. (read: laboratory)

And, whats more, he also puts it on the net for other whackos to attempt, too.
Great.


Quotes from other "projects" from this dude:
" Also you'll need to drill a hole in the microwave cover to get the hose out the back because you WILL *IMPORTANT* put the panel back on the microwave before operation or you will get cooked with RF radiation."
wohoo, at least he is aware that the panel is vital.


For those people who aint really into tech: a microwave oven heats up water molecules. and a human body consists of mostly water....
go figure.

I for one, wouldnt be surprised if this man dies a young death from cancerial deseases.....

Re:No safety manual?

[mikael]

There's an article in New Scientist which reports that Dutch military suppliers have finally solved the problem of using colour-mapping to convert the monochrome images of nightvision systems into colour. Previous attempts to use fake colour mappings had been a failure due to the creation of "psychadelic experiences". Some images of the new system