1. HOLY CATF**KING CRAP! this is the coolest thing ever. make sure you follow the link to the US currency

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by einstienbc

2. lol those film pieces are a pain to keep in place. but do not try to use super gule to hold them, which i did. say bye bye to web cam lens. i guess im still trying to get good at this DIY stuff. it shouldnt have been this bad though.

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by a soggy waffle

3. crap it said "legitimate AND non creepy".

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Ryan

4. i tried this with my logitech quickcam....i no longer have a working quickcam. the infared filter is hidden behind the lens, which is glued down and must be removed. i managed to pry one side of this lens up, so i thought that it wasnt glued down. pulling more resulted in the thing snapping in half. so..its glued down. i now have a new out-of-focus infared camera.

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by sonic_molson

5. Wasn't this on Slashdot? I actually think it's kinda funny to see cool stuff show up more than once on different places I go to, so I'm not complaining. I see this type of thing happen in tech magazines, too--in fact, much more and later than I do here. Of course, maybe I'm just not reading the right things. ~shrug~ This one looks fun, though.

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Joshua Holbrook

6. Awesome hack. I just did it myself with an old webcam I had laying next to the computer. Soggy Waffle I used superglue before reading your comments and it worked fine! It's a shame the sun is setting where I am. Without a large source of IR I can't see much. Allow me to add some information in the goodness of science. Not only is Coke (kinda) transparent in IR, Pepsi Max is too!

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by gav

7. Actually this is pretty oldschool, as you can do it with a normal film camera as well. But, nice to see it repositioned for webcams:) We were taught in university to use an exposed piece of slide film (leave the lens cap on and click a shot), instead of a negative. If you use large format film, it can be used to create a makeshift filter over a camera lens. They made a big fuss here in Japan a few months back, because sony released a vid cam that did not have the filter in place. Why the big deal? Some types of material are basically invisible in the infrared spectrum...like the stuff a lot of swimsuits are made of....

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by kris

8. well when i used super glue it caked all over the lens and the photo paper, and i cant get it off

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by a soggy waffle

9. If would be cool to hook up a clustered panel of IR LEDs and use those for lighting. Once you figure out the forward voltage of the webcam, you can see how much voltage you have to play with.

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by matt

10. just as a little helper because I tried this today... you may attempt to use a fired .45 (.50 would be beter but .45's are more common) shell casing as a guide for cutting out the little circle for logitech webcams. a small paperclip properly modified (bent into a circle) and wedged in place will hold the film pieces in place very well.

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Pedro

11. Just did this with a logitech quickcam express. It has a little holder for the square IR filter that made it easy to place the film pieces, no "fixing" with wire or glue needed. Now if I could just get the stupid thing to consistently work with the USB on my computer....

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by nigel

12. if anyone is wanting to get rid of an old webcam i will gladly accept them... pedro_gonz@hotmail.com

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Pedro

13. 15 min hack worked like a champ... I'm working on some dark IR illuminators, any thoughts? A mag light with a filter seems to work but is a bit too ghetto. An LED solution seems more elegant.

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Lentilboy

14. Cool. I tried this with a cheapo webcam I had laying around. Works great. I used wood glue to fix the filter.. Now to find a good use...

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Noggin

15. did this mod with a lego cam. The hardest part was getting the ir lens out. After that, no problem. Used elmers glue around the edges to hold the filters in place, then reaspebled. Worked great, even got it in focus, untill i accedentally unscrewed the lens cover and exposed the sensor to light directly.....

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by alex

16. This is kind of funny! I did the same a couple months back with a Logitech Quickcam 3000 and it really works well. Instead of using the film to block visible light I used the Kodak WRATTEN Gelatin filter(No. 87C) It's meant to do that job and it's very easy to cut to the squared shape filter holder.

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by scope

17. Is there a way to convert webcam video directly to analog bypassing the computer? If so you could hook the webcam up to one of the USB batteries and a video tape chassis and have a portable self-contained IR camera.

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Adam

18. #16: duh, just remove the IR filter in a camcorder

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by arty

19. so this is a night vision cam???

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by Jim

20. did it with an old webcam i had lying around, the ir filter was easy to get to, but the only way to get it out of the way was to break it, so i did. it was getting dark outside so i used the remote control for lighting...

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 3rd 2006 by kevin