Have a cheap cell phone, with an average cell-phone camera? Then your mobile device might be able to see through thin fabric with the help of a quarter-sized filter from Ideal Creations.
The $45 $25 device (available through Ideal Creation’s web site) was on display at CES 2010 in Las Vegas. You simply affix it over your cellphone camera lens and it cuts out most of the available light spectrum, except for UV light. This apparently enables low-end CCDs to “see through” clothing.
It’s hard to say if this is real or simply silly science. It did work in our little demo, even with the lens on our Kodak Zi8 pocket camcorder. But we’re wondering if it simply cut out the purple color that was on top of Kim Kardarshian’s image–much like those clear red filters you used to put over images removed the red printing that obscured “the secret code”.
In any case, it was an entertaining demo. Watch the video and see what you think. By the way, this video is CSFW=Completely Safe for Work.
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