anti digital camera device

[Gary Bagshawe]

Taken from the BJP weekly,

Researchers at the Georgia institute of technology claimed to have developed a prototype anti digital camera device. I don't know how the device works or it's range but if it is effective it could have huge implications for press photography. Still there is always the exotic substance Silver halide to fall back on.and if boffins at GIT can block digital capture scientists for the manufacturers can, and surely will find a way round the problemhttp://www.pixalo.com/community/images/smilies/suspect1.gif

[IanC_UK]

lol typical, but how ironic is it that the abbreviation of their institute is GIT ! ;)

[RobertP]

I thought it was for blocking video recording but it seems it does do still too.

http://gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsrelease/anti-camera.htm

[Hoodi]

Unless it's muchos fast, it won't work on a digiSLR, though - nor film :D

[Gary Bagshawe]

Just read the link that Robertp put up,

"There are some caveats, according to Summet. Current camera-neutralizing technology may never work against single-lens-reflex cameras, which use a folding-mirror viewing system that effectively masks its CCD except when a photo is actually being taken. Moreover, anti-digital techniques don’t work on conventional film cameras because they have no image sensor.":)

[Hacker]

Taken from the BJP weekly,

Researchers at the Georgia institute of technology claimed to have developed a prototype anti digital camera device.

Pah! Old, old news. This has been around for a while and has previously gone under the acronym W.I.F.E.

;)

[matty]

heh, w i f e aye...

[namllihs]

Probably the same people that were behind Reagans Star wars defence plan a system that would neutralise multiple warheads in next to no time, whatever happened to that?

[Arkady]

No-one left to fire them at the US (oooo hang on a mo' what's that taking off near Pusan?) caused the cancellation of the project.