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New System to Counter Photo and Video Devices

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the movie-studios-rejoice dept.

Incongruity writes "News.com is reporting that a team from Georgia Tech has developed and demoed a system that actively searches for and effectively blinds cameras and camcorders within a 10 meter radius." From the article: "In this system, a device bathes the region in front of it with infrared light. When an intense retroreflection indicates the presence of a digital camera lens, the device then fires a localized beam of light directly at that point. Thus, the picture gets washed out."

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  1. I can just see it now... by TheOtherAgentM · · Score: 4, Funny

    Paparazzi Shields for famous celebrities. It's like a force field!

    1. Re:I can just see it now... by tambo · · Score: 4, Funny
      Paparazzi Shields for famous celebrities. It's like a force field!

      And also, fertile grounds for the class-action lawsuit craze of 2008. At least the court reporters will have some fun transcribing "My eyes! The goggles do nothing!"

      - David Stein

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  2. What about glasses ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can't wait to see how many people will go blind with this contraption!

  3. A Tale. by ackthpt · · Score: 4, Funny
    It was the coldest winter on record and the poor little match girl found she could find no buyers for her wares and she began to shivver.

    She lit a match and felt the warm glow of its meager heat before it burned down to her fingers and she dropped it in the snow. Then she lit another and another until all her matches were gone and she began to feel icy fingers of winter clutching at her tiny frail frame.

    She moved along the street looking for an open door, shelter, any shelter. Then she thought, what's this? She felt a deep warmth the likes of which she had not felt since her mother's embrace. It was glorious. She sat down to rest and soon fell asleep.

    And thus it came to pass, she was found roast to a golden brown, like a Thanksgiving turkey, before the offices of the Central Intelligence Agency.

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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
    1. Re:A Tale. by QuickFox · · Score: 3, Funny


      perhaps the moderators need to actually READ the post before moderating?

      You must be new here.

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  4. Counter camera devices by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Big deal. International Rescue had them already, 30 years ago, to protect strangers from photographing the Thunderbirds.

  5. Ha! Take that G-Men! by l0ungeb0y · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm gonna get like 10 for every room 'cause I know you're watching and trying to keep me from talking about the Alie^H^H ...mmmmpppph

    [Remote Peer Quit Unexpectedly]

  6. this is great by drfrog · · Score: 5, Funny

    now the police can give the beat downs without any fear of being caught

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    1. Re:this is great by bugnuts · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's okay, you can do it back. Just install this on your car to drive through red lights and avoid the photograph.

      Now, we merely need to mount these on the heads of sharks and.... Muhahahhaha!

      Muahahahahha!

    2. Re:this is great by antic · · Score: 4, Funny


      Most slashdotters rely on their general appearance being enough to safely blind any nearby cameras.

      Shame about the smell though...

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      'Thats they exact same thing a banana wrench monkey.'
  7. Am I Wrong? by Snorpus · · Score: 5, Funny
    ... or wouldn't a portable one of these be a great way to take out all the cameras in, say, a bank?

    There's still other details to work out, like the armed guards, the exploding ink in the money packets, etc., but I'm glad those Georgia engineers solved one of my problems.