New fabric deters voyeurs producing illicit photos with infrared cameras. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Japanese apparel maker Mizuno is developing a textile to frustrate would-be voyeurs who photograph athletes with infrared cameras, producing a see-through effect.
Mizuno did not say how long this project has been in the works, but first revealed tests on the fabric in December 2022. There is no information on when a prototype will be available, but a Mizuno spokesman told Japan daily Asahi Shimbun they had plans to make it commercially available by 2024 at the earliest.
“The fabric has clear effects in preventing camera voyeurism,” Mr Atsushi Shiraishi, a Mizuno official in charge of development, told Asahi on Monday. “We want to improve its texture to a level that will satisfy athletes.” Illicit photography involving infrared cameras has been a problem in Japan. In 2021, a 57-year-old man in Chiba prefecture was arrested for shooting a female volleyball player with an infrared camera and selling the video on a pornography website, Asahi reported that year.
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