Jul 3 2009Anti-Paparazzi Bag Flashes Bulb, Not Privates
Some guy named Adam Harvey designed an anti-paparazzi purse that, when the flashbulbs of the photogs go off, immediately flashes it's own bulb back, ruining their pictures and effectively protecting your privates from showing up on TheSuperficial. Obviously, it's a terrible idea. Terribly terrible. Right up there with the current public decency laws. IT'S HOT OUTSIDE, GIMME A BREAK. Also, a rub-down with that lotion ;). SP my F.
Anti-paparazzi device flashes lewd photographers right back [dvice]
Thanks to FDSY, whose anti-paparazzi device looks a lot more like a sock full of quarters.
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Reader Comments
1. Zer0de - July 3, 2009 4:21 PM
Cool!
2. QUASIMODEM - July 3, 2009 4:22 PM
What a bastard, he's going to get loaded in no time.
I call belt buckes for the male celebrities.
3. Billy Rapture - July 3, 2009 4:24 PM
Do i hear light bulb douches?
Anyone?
Anyone?
No?
Yeah, it was stupid.
Im gonna go painfully slit my wrists in the corner, along with IWatchStuff.
4. paprazzi - July 3, 2009 4:25 PM
Paparazzi Proof Underwear!!!!!
http://driftwood-x.mybrute.com
5. Goku - July 3, 2009 4:27 PM
How many paparazzi does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
6. Billy Rapture - July 3, 2009 4:28 PM
@5
One!
7. FDSY - July 3, 2009 4:29 PM
Yeah. You see how bright that bulb is.
You'd be blinded from the counterflash. And the paparazzi flashes continuously it'd just be one long bright light.
you know what that means
BLIND CELEBRITIES!!!!! OH THE FUN WE WILL HAVE!!
8. naas in southern cali - July 3, 2009 4:30 PM
The paparazzi - I would think a nice cold punch in the teeth be more effective, no?
@3 use a towel afterward pls if you're still conscious so the rest of us don't slip on the floor
9. Richard McBeef - July 3, 2009 4:30 PM
Celebrities and paparazzi have a symbiotic relationship where one eats the shit of the other for life and relevancy.
Most of these vapid celebs call up the paparazzi before they go out on the town without panties on.
10. fuzzy Tingle Times - July 3, 2009 4:45 PM
why don't they just design one that goes on the privates itself. Oh wait... thats called underwear.
11. Manuel - July 3, 2009 4:53 PM
FAKE!!! the lights are all wrong !
??????
12. Paul - July 3, 2009 5:03 PM
If he is smart they will cost $10,000 a bag
13. Austin Counce - July 3, 2009 5:06 PM
@5
DBZ!
14. mat - July 3, 2009 5:11 PM
Camera flash + optical slave. Oh, that's so difficult.
15. HunnyBear - July 3, 2009 5:28 PM
does it run on batteries?
16. Jerry - July 3, 2009 5:34 PM
#14
Yah, not too difficult, but surprised it took so long for someone to come up with it.
http://bootelicious.mybrute.com
17. Daisy - July 3, 2009 5:57 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never BAck Down where Max was driving a car, and Vincent was talking to Marvin in the back. Max rolled over a pothole, and Vincents gun went off accidentally killing Marvin and making a bloody brainy mess in the back of the car.
18. scurl - July 3, 2009 6:52 PM
this reminds me of the instructable where some guy made a hat with IR leds in it so his face wasn't visable to security camera's and stuff. seems alot....better.
19. naas in southern cali - July 3, 2009 7:31 PM
I have to wonder what would happen if (1) you're famous and (2) wearing your anti-paparazzi flash bulbs and(3) an ambulance goes by while you're (4) trying not to be noticed
20. Heath Buckmaster - July 3, 2009 7:42 PM
The real problem is that I looked pretty hot in that pink mini skirt and now noone will know. Serves me right for being a product tester.
21. Watch-303 - July 3, 2009 8:05 PM
awesome!
22. Madgame - July 3, 2009 8:12 PM
This is obviously only effective at night; I'm not camera expert but I would think as an alternative you can simply use a camera with advanced night settings so you don't need flash.
Great idea though.
23. Rebel - July 3, 2009 8:46 PM
What's SP my F???
24. led display - July 3, 2009 10:37 PM
it's a terrible idea.
25. Its its - July 3, 2009 11:09 PM
It's = its. Is it really that hard?
26. Chaosthirteen - July 4, 2009 1:26 AM
Interesting. We're just going from celebrities flashing to celebrities flashing. This new one doesn't forever immortalize poignant memories of celebrities at their worst, but it does prevent small children and weaker adults from waking up at night in cold sweats. Everyone thought they wanted to see naked celebrity body parts, until you saw them. Then you were saddened to realize you couldn't unsee them, no matter how much you thought the liquor would help you forget. It was never enough.
P.S. Daisy sucks.
27. Rhialto - July 4, 2009 9:08 AM
There're millions of celebitches all over.So i guess this going to be a big hit.
28. azzy - July 4, 2009 12:25 PM
@11
Daisy's never gets old^^
29. dave - July 4, 2009 1:50 PM
sadly for the manufacturer a decent lens of f/2.8 or better plus a decent photographer and high ISO (like that a D3 could rock no problem) makes this a non issue....
30. Ciao - July 4, 2009 5:37 PM
a stun gun works just as good :D
31. ffffffffffffffffffffffffff - July 4, 2009 6:32 PM
hahaha oh man what if there is two celebrities with these purses next to each other and then one flash triggers the other purse and then they trigger each other and it will just keep flashing forever hahahahahaha
also:
why visible light? make the purse-flash IR and it won't be blinding and annoying, but will still fffffff up the camera's sensor/image.
32. none none - July 6, 2009 12:44 AM
I saw a post from a dude who wasn't into big brother cameras and built a hat with IR leds in the bill and when camera pics were viewed his face was just masked out. really cool idea
33. MAN - July 6, 2009 12:44 AM
since when are woman allowed outdoors? wtf? i know my lady stays inside cleaning my toilet... well i sometimes spoil her, i let her out to get our newspapers on our driveway.
34. none none - July 6, 2009 12:48 AM
here it is.sorry didn't see some of the other posts about ir till after original post http://hacknmod.com/hack/blind-cameras-with-an-infrared-led-hat/
35. Jaded Icon - July 6, 2009 7:12 AM
@ 9
Too true. There are lots of stars that are not stalked because they refuse to live in Hollywood and pander to these leeches.
36. Bethy - July 6, 2009 10:33 AM
there are no pictures of the purse itself. Is it even cute?!
37. GuB - July 6, 2009 12:18 PM
Did anyone think about using it to hide your license plate from speed cameras.
38. lee.harless - July 6, 2009 2:37 PM
other celebrities have used this over the years. nothing new. OLD!@!@
hire me to replace the GW. i know all about shit.
39. Watch-303 - July 6, 2009 8:26 PM
why is there no actual pics of the device itself. also I agree with 38, you might be able to shrink it and make one for your LP that has both a regular bulb and IR to fool traffic cams, unless theyre like the ones here that take video of the vehicle as well as flash the plate.