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THE CAMERA SHY HOODIE [2023]

A DIY wearable for avoiding recognition on IR security cameras.

 

The Camera-Shy Hoodie

The Camera-Shy Hoodie is a DIY adversarial garment designed to give
the user the option to anonymize themselves within the recording of a
night vision security camera.

The hoodie embeds a number of high-power IR LEDs, utilizing the same
wavelength of infrared light commonly used by security cameras as
flood lights for night vision. By pointing the LEDs back at the
camera and setting them to a tuned strobe, the security camera's
capture becomes overexposed, significantly losing definition of the
scene. The LED strobe, tuned to interfere with these cameras
auto-exposure, causes a strong loss of definition where the light is
strongest. In this layout, where the LEDs are arrayed around the
upper chest, shoulders, and upper back of the wearer, that head of
the wearer is then significantly obfuscated.

As the hoodie uses IR light, it's effects are imperceptible by human
eyes when activated, only effecting IR sensitive equipment.

A full package to make your own including a bill of materials, design
files, reference photos, and a detailed assembly guide can be found
here - [ZIP, 11.7MB]

A standalone assembly guide can be found here - [PDF, 625KB]

High resolution images and more media can be found here - [High-Res
Gallery].

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If you'd like to purchase a kit of all the custom electronics needed
to make your own, leave your email in the link below to be notified
when it becomes available for pre-order.

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THE CAMERA SHY HOODIE [2023] CASTLE DOCTRINE [2023] 600 CALIBER
[2022] SIGHTS UNSEEN [2022] PORTRAIT OF A DIGITAL WEAPON - NOTPETYA
[2022] DOGMAS [2022] HOST JUMP [2021] A SCANNER DARKLY [2021]
PORTRAIT OF A DIGITAL WEAPON - STUXNET [2021] 1A2A3D [2020-] THE
OPT-OUT CAP [2019] BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD [2018] INCLUDING THE
KITCHEN SINK! [2018] SLOWETRY [2018] JUST OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW [2017]
TO WIN THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS [2014]