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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."

3 of 401 comments (clear)

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

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

  2. 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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    back in the day we didnt have no old school
  3. 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.