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Prototype System Blocks Digital Cameras
lee1 writes "Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have completed a prototype
device that can block digital
cameras. The team in the Interactive and Intelligent Computing division of
the Georgia Tech College of Computing used off-the-shelf equipment
(camera-mounted sensors, lighting equipment, a projector and a computer) to
scan for, find and neutralize digital cameras. The system works by looking for
the reflectivity and shape of the image sensors and saturating them with a
thin beam of visible white light.
The principal applications are expected to be protecting areas such as
government buildings and trade shows against clandestine photography, stopping
unauthorized amateur photography of, for example, shopping-mall Santas
(really!) and defeating video copying in theaters.
The countermeasure: film." Sounds perfect for copyrighted public spaces.
If a loud ssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh doesn't work, do what I tried once (with success): call the theater and ask for someone on duty to come to that particular theater because someone is talking on their cell, won't get off or leave, and is ruining the movie. "If you don't come get them in the next two minutes, we will deal with it on our own."
{standing ovation}
The moron stepped out, figuring it was safer to leave than to find out what an angry crowd might do to him and the movie continued.
I leave my phone turned on -- but on vibrate only. If it goes off, I just get up and head for the foyer. The same for restaurants. Besides, it makes an easy way to screen calls. If CallerID shows someone you really don't want to talk to at that moment, let it ring over to voicemail. You can tell them you had to turn it off at mealtime later. Now, if we could get rid of screaming kids in the theatres and restaurants...(because Mom & Dad won't get a sitter and inflict (yes, inflict their kids on everyone else before the kids are ready to be in public in places which aren't equipped with a PlayPlace)
Speaking of PlayPlace...McDonald's was in the news a year or two ago, stating they were looking for ways to increase the number/percentageo adult customers. Um, yeah. What they meant, but were afraid to say, was, "increase the number/percentage of childless adults". Right. Those places are salt licks for carpet crawlers. Why would adults willing subject themselves to this when they don't have any or are getting away from them for the night? This is the same McDonald's who pondered a promo for the Big Mac priced at $0.55. "People will drive down the road, see "Speed Limit 55" and associate 55 with "Big Mac, 55".