Graffiti Gun Camera

[gr82bart]

Check this out: Dead Link Removed Very kewl. Though I think with all the anti-photography stuff going on in the world, carrying and shooting with this thing will not help matters!

Regards, Art.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Maybe not, but I like it!

 

[mabman]

I think the ultimate application for this is actually advertising - eg, companies stick one of these permanently with a logo or something near a tourist trap, it detects when a flash goes off and basically imprints the logo into the original picture taker's photo.

There was an article on this yesterday on slashdot.org, basically the flash-detect logic is his own (so that it doesn't prematurely fire with red-eye-reduction pre-flash, for instance), but the basic concept is flashing a pre-developped slide backward through the camera onto whatever surface you want. Pretty slick invention, actually, but it's going to be annoying as all get out in real life.

 

[Andy K]

but it's going to be annoying as all get out in real life.

Only if you use flash.

 

[TheDreadPirateRobins]

What are people doing using a flash outside anyways?

This technology, while it seems really cool in the abstract, has produced something that I think will prove to be really irritating, just like the rash of kids with laser pointers a few years back.

 

[jordanstarr]

mabman....don't give them any ideas...it's only a matter of time before a rep for coca-cola reads this thread and patents it.

 

[elekm]

There are good ideas and not-so-good ideas. This might fall into both categories.