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threwrfawayyesterday at 9:12 PM4 repliesview on HN

Start up idea:

Ordinary glass (as in spectacles) frames that have a near IR LED on the bridge and on the side. PWM to be efficient, bright, but erratic clock of around 10Hz.

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xxstoday at 2:41 PM

It will randomly turn the TV on/off and switch the channels as a funny bonus. Cool idea nontheless

emsignyesterday at 9:23 PM

This. Projects like this already exist to blind surveillance cameras.

stebalienyesterday at 9:47 PM

I expect cameras will start to come with built-in IR filters in that case.

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404mmtoday at 12:23 AM

Surely there’s gotta be some narrow frequency band that disrupts it from working, right? I’m getting really tired of all the cameras and ALPRs around us.

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