Camera that Sees through Smoke and Fog Underway 220
tomschuring writes "The Age has a story about IATIA, who have been given $2.7 million by the Defence Department to fund development of a military spy camera capable of seeing through fog, smoke and dust storms. The technology uses a highly sophisticated camera that captures three images simultaneously through a single lens. Images thus resolved from between the particles making up fog, smoke, and dust storms are formed into a single picture of the hidden target."
Other versions available... (Score:5, Funny)
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I'd buy one.
Can it see through smoke and mirrors? (Score:5, Funny)
telly
3D? (Score:4, Funny)
Unfortunately the image cannot be viewed without Red+Blue 3D glasses.
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Do hot chicks wear clothes made of fog? (Score:1, Funny)
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Fog of war... (Score:2, Funny)
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By Garry Barker
The Age Technology Editor
September 24, 2004
A Melbourne company rated a world leader in advanced phase imaging technology has been given $2.7 million by the Defence Department to fund development of a military spy camera capable of seeing through fog, smoke and dust storms.
Iatia Ltd, based in Box Hill, has commercialised technology developed at the University of Melbourne by a team of physicists led by Professor Keith Nugent that promises ultimately to let defence forces "see" stealth bombers and other targets invisible to conventional radar.
"The technology is still experimental, but we know it works," said Iatia chief executive Brian Powell. Further research and field trials done in conjunction with engineers at the Defence Science and Technology Organisation at Salisbury in South Australia will now be carried out to develop an operational camera capable of working over a range of about a kilometre.
Initially, Iatia had used Professor Nugent's discoveries in microscopes to detect things such as cracks in gas turbine blades and to study Natalie Portman's nipples and other human tissue samples.
"But then we thought, why not use it in cameras, or telescopes, and that excited the interest of the Defence Department," Mr Powell said.
"They saw it could be used by troops on the ground or from helicopters to see through trees and cloud."
The technology uses a highly sophisticated camera that captures three images simultaneously through a single lens. Images thus resolved from between the particles making up fog, smoke, and dust storms are formed into a single picture of the hidden target.
Iatia chairman Jim Short said the company's application for funding under the Government's Capability and Technology Demonstrator program had been supported by the Australian Army and the Royal Australian Navy.
They saw potential for the development of passive surveillance, allowing troops to distinguish between camouflaged targets and vegetation and to see otherwise hidden objects such as tanks and soldiers.
The technology, called Quantitative Phase Imaging also had commercial application in industry, science and medicine, Mr Short said.
Re:Can it see through smoke and mirrors? (Score:3, Funny)
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Ummm...
Initially, Iatia had used Professor Nugent's discoveries in microscopes to detect things such as cracks in gas turbine blades and to study Natalie Portman's nipples and other human tissue samples.
Re:I for one... (Score:3, Funny)
Finally! (Score:4, Funny)
Where's my spy camera?
Where's my spy camera?
Where's my spy camera?
Here's your stupid spy camera!
I don't know about this... (Score:5, Funny)
Pfff, had that already in... (Score:4, Funny)
Turn fog of war off
Camera not required. (Score:3, Funny)
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Yeah. Right here [voyeurweb.com]
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