Aug 9 2007Kameraflage Secret Message Apparel
You may have already seen this because you're much hipper than I am, but you're not more attractive. Captain Handsome bows to no one in the good looks department. Anyways, someone has developed a technology that allows hidden messages to be printed on shirts, and only show up through a digital camera. According to the company,
Kameraflage is possible because digital cameras see a broader spectrum of light than human eyes. By rendering content in these wavelengths we are able to create displays that are invisible to the naked eye, yet can be seen when imaged with a digital camera.
So basically you can now wear a t-shirt with dirty words on it that will only be visible when someone takes a digital picture of you. Which is pretty brilliant - or so I thought. Let's just say my grandparents were less than impressed with the Kameraflage "Eat a Dong" t-shirt I mistakenly wore in our annual Christmas card photo.
Kameraflage Secret Message Apparel [Official Site]
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Reader Comments
1. Amy - August 9, 2007 11:37 AM
Well that's all well and good but jesus did they have to have such a porker of a model? I mean look at how chunky that solid bone is in her arms. She should shave part of the bone off. It's making me want to puke.
2. vªnman - August 9, 2007 11:50 AM
I want some of that stuff. Let's just say I know some people who are going to be having ghosts mysteriously show up in their photos.
"I told you it wasn't me who climbed into your bed last night"
3. Mark - August 9, 2007 12:08 PM
Wait, so how did they take that picture?
4. Just a thought... - August 9, 2007 12:11 PM
So if the invisible content shows up in a digital photo, how come it doesn't show up on her outfit in the photo on this page?
5. flyright - August 9, 2007 12:26 PM
it's a drawing :)
6. SuperStoned420 - August 9, 2007 1:44 PM
#4 Good point.
7. RickO - August 9, 2007 2:09 PM
You win this round, Captain Handsome! Next time, Next time!!!!!!
8. effing_flip - August 9, 2007 8:42 PM
#4& #6
If you look at the picture closely (and I was a loser trying to find out what was different) you'll notice a lightning bolt coming from the cloud. The "original" doesn't have one.
9. vªnman - August 9, 2007 9:20 PM
#8: I think what is being asked is if the paint or whatever is only visible to digital camera's, how come the lightning bolt isn't in both pictures? After all, the picture was taken with a camera. If the picture isn't modified, then the main picture would have had to have been taken with a film camera, not a digital one.
Hoping you already knew that,
vanman of your dreams
10. caulfield - August 9, 2007 10:25 PM
wow! so many practical applications.
11. Sheniferous - August 9, 2007 10:39 PM
it's cuz cheap cameras pick up the IR wavelengths. the marketing picture of the girl and iphone was probably taken with a dslr or some other camera with an IR filter in place. try it at home... turn on your digital camera or cameraphone and point your tv remote at it while pressing some buttons. you'll see the IR transmitters lighting up on-screen... but it's invisible to the naked eye.
12. a - August 10, 2007 12:40 AM
So... if the invisible design on the shirt is made of wavelengths we cannot see with our eyes, then how is it that we are able to see it on a camera's lcd screen? UNLESS the camera converts these wavelengths to those within our visible spectrum? In which case.. probably makes for a crappy camera.
13. wily - August 10, 2007 6:44 AM
You know, it's called photoshop. To actually show how it works, they can't exactly have a picture with the display showing the same thing as the picture is showing can they?
Its merely a commersial picture to let us get the idea of how the outcome will be.