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RE: Liteye Thermal Imaging

From: Doug Sutherland <>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 06:37:24 +0000

Florian Echtler wrote:

> IR isn't IR all the time. The stuff that usual CCD cameras can see 
> is AFAIK Near Infrared or NIR, which isn't the same as heat radiation 
> that has a noticeably longer wavelength.

The Liteye cameras are long wave length IR, they use ambient temp 
sensors. More info here http://www.liteye.com/pdf/bolometer.pdf 

This is serious wearable weaponry tech. They come in three versions:
  1) helmet mounted 
  2) handheld
  3) weapons mounted, thermal imager on weapon, display on helmet

The Liteye site says they are low cost ... yeah, relative to other
real night vision scopes ... and by military cost standards. Looks
like you have to be in the army to get all of the really good tech. 
Too bad that requires killing and/or getting killed :(

  -- Doug

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