OK, this isn't a gadget story directly--but it is about how to beat a gadget. The gadget in question is a thermal camera. This is a camera that picks up heat signatures of people. Well, according to a post at DefenseTech.org (found via Gizmodo.com), there's an Italian company called Intermat that is producing a fabric and a cream that will help mask the wearer's heat signature. While it doesn't fake out thermal cameras completely, it does make the person much harder to see, much like the thermoptic camouflage used by the characters in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Of course, in GITS, they're nearly invisible to the naked eye--where as with the cream you're only nearly invisible to thermal cameras. Regular cameras can see you just fine.
Hey, nothing's perfect. However, if you're a commando, this stuff could keep you alive at night or in the dark.
On a side note, anyone know what's up with Engadget.com, Kotaku.com and Hackaday.com? I can't get any of them to come up. I need my gadget fixes!!
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