Michael Sharp wrote: > BTW, I know this is a bit OT, but I experimented with Pixel 2000 and > night vision. In case you didnt know, the Pixel 2000 was a handheld > "kiddie" camcorder put out by Fisher Price several years ago. The P2k > ran a 30 minute audio cassette at high speed to record 5 minutes of > pixelated video at a nominal frame rate. Its a fun little gadget to play > with, and in fact I've seen mods to hook it up to an ISA slot. Anyways, > it had the capability to see in the dark, and check ir sources like TV > remotes. The Tyco toy 'camcorder' that was offered last Christmas does well for this, too. I grabbed 2, and opened one to peek inside, and it's a very low-cost CCD (I assume) board cam and some power circuitry. The output is standard video/audio for the plugs into a VCR. -- Pete Hardie | Goalie, DVSG Dart Team Scientific Atlanta | Digital Video Services Group | -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.ml.org
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