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Thanks to the helpful instructions here<\/a> and here<\/a>, I now have my very own infrared webcam. Viewing the world in infrared is a bit different than visible light. Here’s some comparison shots.
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\"Headphones<\/a><\/td>\n\"Headphones<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Couple pairs of headphones sitting on my printer. Note the whitness of the ear pads in infrared. (Also note my live webcam<\/a> in the corner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Monitor<\/a><\/td>\n\"Monitor<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My monitor. It was on for both pictures.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Assorted<\/a><\/td>\n\"Assorted<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
More assorted junk. Note the headphone ear pads again, plus the CD booklet and the handle of the scissors.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Outside<\/a><\/td>\n\"Outside<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The view outside my window.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Ten<\/a><\/td>\n\"Ten<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The back of a ten-dollar bill.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to the helpful instructions here and here, I now have my very own infrared webcam. Viewing the world in infrared is a bit different than visible light. Here’s some comparison shots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youfailit.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youfailit.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youfailit.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youfailit.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youfailit.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youfailit.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118,"href":"https:\/\/youfailit.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions\/118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youfailit.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youfailit.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youfailit.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}