Posts Tagged ‘science’

FLIR thermal infrared: the camera itself, + more demos

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

The FLIR camera sees wet couches, cold cola, and metal mirrors. But it can’t see black trash bags! “Thermal Eye” camera TSC by L3/Raytheon. Find them on eBay by searching for keywords “thermal imaging” .

Note: Trolls & spammers blocked immediately. Zero tolerance.

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radioactive camera lens (thorium 232)

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

this lovely ancient super 8 camera contains a lens that was made partly out of the radioactive element thorium.

by adding thorium to the lens glass, a high refractive index could be achieved while maintaining a low dispersion. thus, radioactive camera lenses used to be state-of-the-art in high-demand photography.

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large radioactive camera lens (thorium 232)

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

i scored this lovely old camera at a flea market. the lens partly consists of the radioactive element thorium.

by adding thorium to the lens glass, a high refractive index could be achieved while maintaining a low dispersion. thus, radioactive camera lenses used to be state-of-the-art in high-demand photography.

oh, and here’s a better picture:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bionerd/3887528914/

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