In 1998, Sony accidentally sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people’s clothes

In 1998, Sony accidentally sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people’s clothes

Yes You heard it right,in year 1998 sony sold 700,00 camcorder that had technology to see through your clothes,well what was that? lets check out..

The cameras had special lenses that use infrared light (IR) to see through some types of clothing,such as on dark colored, thin clothing – like swimsuits. The main factor is how well the fabric absorbs IR light waves. It’s not for regular digicams, but rather for camcorders with a IR night vision mode, and the resolution is low.

Sony recalled the camcorders when they found out about this, but the night vision camcorders that they subsequently released,some people figured out how to modify the camera to get the see-through-clothing functionality  and hundreds of the modified cameras are for sale on the Internet. The camera with all the filters sells for about $700 brand new, and is easy to obtain.Sony said it has no responsibility for altered or modified products.A lot of people have used this technology for wrong purposes.

As soon as Sony realized what havoc it had caused, the camcorders were immediately recalled. The camcorders having a visual appearance similar to a normal were equipped with a lens that uses IR (Infrared Rays) to allow a person to take pictures in the dark, termed as Night Vision. Dark clothes like swimsuits went transparent in front of those camcorders and it was in no matter of time, nude pictures of ladies were trending on the internet. “At least 12 Web sites feature pictures of women who look almost naked, even though they are wearing clothes or a swimsuit,” writes ABC.

The see-through power in Sony’s camcorder was discovered by Greg Hunter, who was the Customer Correspondent at Good Morning America back in 1998. Hunter demonstrated how the camcorder was comfortable enough to peep inside the clothes of two volunteer models.

A man who had a tattoo “Sosa” under his shirt and a woman who was wearing nothing under her black patterned skirt.

Sony tried to ameliorate the situation by launching new camcorders that lacked see-through powers, but people were eager enough to find new ways to revamp the camcorder and impart see-through powers, which was done by the use of special filters. Such camcorders went on sale for as high as $700. However, Sony was bold enough to take no responsibility for those modified camcorders.

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