Japan’s Olympic athletes will wear outfits designed to block infrared cameras

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• Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Some devices have unintentionally demonstrated how the infrared sensing used in night vision goggles and thermal cameras can reveal the unseen, like the OnePlus 8 Pro’s “Photochrom” color filter that worked like X-ray vision on the thin shell of an Apple TV. When used on people, infrared photography can reveal the lines of a person’s body or the undergarments they’re wearing beneath a thin layer of clothing, such as those worn by athletes.

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• morphballganon@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  … to obscure contraband?

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