Thermal-Eye 2400xp "Duel Sensor" Security Camera by US Night Vision

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US Night Vision Corporation was proud to premier the new Thermal-Eye 2400xp by famed L3 Communications at Shot Show 2006, February 9-12 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Booth # 161 in the Law Enforcement Section.

The most widely used “dual sensor” (visible & thermal imaging) camera in the world, the Thermal-Eye 2400xp offers superior Gold-Standard BST image quality for various security applications. Available as a fixed mount camera or with pan & tilt capability, the 2400xp provides full-motion and real-time 24/7 day or night video surveillance.

Thermostatically controlled internal heating & cooling combine with a weatherized enclosure and solar shield to completely protect the camera against solar radiation damage. Optional TTL & RS-232 communications GUI software also provides precise automatic or manual camera control to define a “region-of-interest” that automatically detects motion and activates an intruder alert alarm.

The high-resolution, fully automatic CCD visible camera features 25X optical zoom and 12X digital zoom formats. BST image quality provides clear 320 x 240 resolution for monitoring large perimeters in darkness, in any weather conditions and over long distances. An optional window wiper is also available for extreme wet weather environments.

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Night-vision goggles needed to view these dancers in the dark

From http://seattlepi.nwsource.com

By ATHIMA CHANSANCHAI
P-I REPORTER

I spy.

You spy.

We all spy -- with night-vision-enhanced eyes -- dancers in the dark.

Big Brother merges with dance in "Dark Room," an aptly titled installation commissioned by Western Bridge art gallery and performed by the Crispin Spaeth Dance Group.

For 25 minutes, Spaeth asks her dancers to voluntarily give up their sight.

When the lights go out, the plunge into darkness is complete.

All they have is each other as they clutch hands, torsos and legs, using their bodies as their GPS.

Meanwhile, the audience surrounds them, 20 Peeping Toms armed with night-vision goggles trained on the five dancers and their nocturnal unrest.

The night-vision goggles, supplied by Washington-based Rigel Optics, are usually the stuff of stealth military missions and stakeouts. But Deb Gunderson, Rigel's office manager, said the company's sales of night-vision monoculars, binoculars and goggles is split between military/law enforcement and civilians. Hunters, bird-watchers, campers, paint-ballers, bat-cavers and even paranormal investigators have snapped up the technology.

Gunderson said that within the past year, the company even supplied Dining in the Dark fund-raisers in which waitstaff use the devices to serve blind patrons. But this is the first time Rigel has sold goggles for a performance.

Spaeth's dance installation is the only performance in the "Crash. Pause. Rewind." exhibition, a conscious decision by Western Bridge director Eric Fredericksen.

"When we were putting together 'Crash. Pause. Rewind.," it kind of came as a flash," said Fredericksen, who knew Spaeth had been contemplating a piece incorporating night-vision technology but had tabled it until it could be funded.

"The rest of the show is a bit more tightly focused on a specific theme and her show is more general. The way she's created it, it's a very open piece, very abstract."

In November, he commissioned the performance and Spaeth started pulling it together in December, an abbreviated process considering it usually takes about six months to stage a dance with original choreography.

Western Bridge is now the proud owner of five night-vision goggles, while Spaeth bought another five. About a dozen are rented.