Researchers at Georgia Tech (my alma mater) have found a way to keep a digital camera from snapping a picture. Actually, the camera takes its picture but the result is not what the photographer wants. Instead, a powerful light shines in the camera so that the photo does not turn out except for a bright light and a dark background. Thus, the subject is spared of having his/her picture when he/she does not want one taken.
The picture on the left is without the neutralizer and the one on the right is with the neutralizer working. Big difference, eh?
I am delighted that there are ways (at least one) to keep people from taking a picture. We all deserve to be able to keep some parts of our lives private. With the proliferation of cellular phone cameras this was getting out of hand. It's great that there's some way to keep the pictures away.
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