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Stealth Hoodie Hides Wearer From Drones
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<blockquote data-quote="Loopi" data-source="post: 64218" data-attributes="member: 3152"><p><a href="http://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/stealth-hoodie-hides-wearer-drones-130118.htm" target="_blank">Stealth Hoodie Hides Wearer From Drones : Discovery News</a></p><p> </p><p>Jan 18, 2013 02:38 PM ET // by <a href="http://news.discovery.com/jesse-emspak.htm" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Jesse Emspak </span></u></a></p><p><u><span style="color: #0066cc"><img src="http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/blogs/stealth-hoodie-660.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></u></p><p> </p><p>Surveillance cameras are ubiquitous, especially in the U.K.. and in the United States, Congress has already approved the use of drones for domestic surveillance. Then there’s the <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/01/10/stingray_imsi_catcher_fbi_documents_shine_light_on_controversial_cellphone.html" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">“Stingray” tool</span></u></a> used by the FBI to track cell phones. It’s enough to make even those who’ve gotten nothing hide feel nervous.</p><p>New York-based artist Adam Harvey doesn’t like it one bit. So he’s taken it upon himself to design anti-surveillance clothing to foil government snoopers.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><a href="http://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/stealth-clothing-averts-government-snoopers-pictures-130118.htm" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">SEE MORE PHOTOS: Stealth Clothing Averts Government Snoopers</span></u></a></strong></span></p><p></p><p>Harvey has been looking at the effects of such surveillance on culture for some time. Last year he designed a kind of face makeup called <a href="http://cvdazzle.com/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">CVDazzle</span></u></a> to avert face-recognition software.</p><p>In the spirit of fooling cameras – and messing with surveillance – Harvey has now come out in a set of hoodies and scarves that block thermal radiation from the infrared scanners drones use. Wearing the fabric would make that part of the body look black to a drone, so the image would appear like disembodied legs. He also designed a pouch for cell phones that shields them from trackers by blocking the radio signals the phone emits. For those airport X-ray machines, he has a shirt with a printed design that blocks the radiation from one’s heart.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><a href="http://news.discovery.com/tech/robotics/llibyan-rebels-flying-high-mini-drone-110826.htm" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Libyan Rebels Flying High With Minidrone</span></u></a></strong></span></p><p></p><p>The materials the clothes are made are specialized and expensive, so these aren’t the kinds of fashions that the local discount store will have – at least not yet. Harvey does plan to offer the clothes for sale, though.</p><p>He sees the designs as a kind of conversation about surveillance in society at large. If we’re going to be watched all the time, shouldn’t we find a way to deal with that?</p><p>If you want to see Harvey’s work, it will be at <a href="http://www.primitivelondon.co.uk/exhibition-adam-harvey-stealth-wear-new-designs-for-counter-surveillance-presented-by-primitive-london-and-tank-magazine/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Primitive London</span></u></a> starting Jan. 17.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Loopi, post: 64218, member: 3152"] [url="http://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/stealth-hoodie-hides-wearer-drones-130118.htm"]Stealth Hoodie Hides Wearer From Drones : Discovery News[/url] Jan 18, 2013 02:38 PM ET // by [URL='http://news.discovery.com/jesse-emspak.htm'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Jesse Emspak [/COLOR][/U][/URL] [U][COLOR=#0066cc][IMG]http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/blogs/stealth-hoodie-660.jpg[/IMG][/COLOR][/U] Surveillance cameras are ubiquitous, especially in the U.K.. and in the United States, Congress has already approved the use of drones for domestic surveillance. Then there’s the [URL='http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/01/10/stingray_imsi_catcher_fbi_documents_shine_light_on_controversial_cellphone.html'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]“Stingray” tool[/COLOR][/U][/URL] used by the FBI to track cell phones. It’s enough to make even those who’ve gotten nothing hide feel nervous. New York-based artist Adam Harvey doesn’t like it one bit. So he’s taken it upon himself to design anti-surveillance clothing to foil government snoopers. [SIZE=5][B][URL='http://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/stealth-clothing-averts-government-snoopers-pictures-130118.htm'][U][COLOR=#800080]SEE MORE PHOTOS: Stealth Clothing Averts Government Snoopers[/COLOR][/U][/URL][/B][/SIZE] Harvey has been looking at the effects of such surveillance on culture for some time. Last year he designed a kind of face makeup called [URL='http://cvdazzle.com/'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]CVDazzle[/COLOR][/U][/URL] to avert face-recognition software. In the spirit of fooling cameras – and messing with surveillance – Harvey has now come out in a set of hoodies and scarves that block thermal radiation from the infrared scanners drones use. Wearing the fabric would make that part of the body look black to a drone, so the image would appear like disembodied legs. He also designed a pouch for cell phones that shields them from trackers by blocking the radio signals the phone emits. For those airport X-ray machines, he has a shirt with a printed design that blocks the radiation from one’s heart. [SIZE=5][B][URL='http://news.discovery.com/tech/robotics/llibyan-rebels-flying-high-mini-drone-110826.htm'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Libyan Rebels Flying High With Minidrone[/COLOR][/U][/URL][/B][/SIZE] The materials the clothes are made are specialized and expensive, so these aren’t the kinds of fashions that the local discount store will have – at least not yet. Harvey does plan to offer the clothes for sale, though. He sees the designs as a kind of conversation about surveillance in society at large. If we’re going to be watched all the time, shouldn’t we find a way to deal with that? If you want to see Harvey’s work, it will be at [URL='http://www.primitivelondon.co.uk/exhibition-adam-harvey-stealth-wear-new-designs-for-counter-surveillance-presented-by-primitive-london-and-tank-magazine/'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Primitive London[/COLOR][/U][/URL] starting Jan. 17. [/QUOTE]
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