Wireless camera powered by fluorescent light

Juniper Foo | Dec 03, 2007

Here's another one for green tech. Japan's NEC has unveiled a wireless camera capable of being powered by something as frugal as fluorescent light, with this acting like the sun's solar power. The magic, though, lies in a ring-shaped component attached to the bulb, which then generates a magnetic field of power. Tech-On reports that the wireless camera can operate at 120mW and will automatically adjust its video-shooting frequency according to the power supply from the fluorescent light. It can be set to shoot images every 10 seconds and supports VGA (640 x 480), QVGA (320 x 240) and QQVGA (160 x 120) resolutions. While this makes it extremely easy and affordable to implement, we're reminded of George Orwell's 1984 terrorvision--watching Big Brother watching us, watching everyone else. On exhibition at iExpo2007 in Tokyo Big Sight from December 5-7, if you're passing by.

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