<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Robbie Honerkamp <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robbie@shorty.com">robbie@shorty.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> IR penetrates paper but not metal foil.<br>
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</div>I think the IR filter that's part of the webcam assembly will take care<br>
of that.</blockquote><div><br>It's really easy to remove that filter on many camera's by popping open the lens and removing the disk. While in there, disable the led so there's no indicator at all. <br><br>Don't use that gimo while "on the throne" anymore :-) <br>
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Or is there a tinfoil-hat joke I'm missing here? :-)</blockquote><div><br>Yes and no. :-) <br><br>I have an old SGI camera that could see through the cover and detect the IR from remote controls. But nothing compared to a sony video camera in "night vision" mode. It could see through most synthetic materials (the main ingredient of womens clothing) and was promptly pulled from the market. It really worked in IR just a bit shorter than body heat wavelengths. The IR camera at Fernbank Museum was pulled for the same reason. It got embarasasing.<br>
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Robbie<br>
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