Lab@Home Update: Infrared Camera!

Had some fun today at Orchard, but actually, Orchard is a damn boring place if you aren’t good at shopping.

And obviously I aren’t.

Right so anyways, I came home and decided to play around more lab work before I leave for overseas next week. Most of my projects so far are partially completed, but that’s the way projects are I guess. I mean, I’m missing materials here and there, and without them, I can’t really do much.

Ok today I decided to dissect the most expensive gadget I have dissected so far… A digital camera.

The objective is to modify a normal digital camera available in the consumer market, and use it to capture infrared (IR) light. Infrared light is capable to passing through many thin materials such as clothing (I ain’t thinking dirty, really!) and is not detectable by the human eye. It is proportional to the temperature of the object, so generally, the hotter an object is, the more infrared light it gives off. I think.

It’s partially completed (again) so far, but I hope I can finish it by tonight!

Anyways, here’s the progress so far.