Thread: Active FLIR

I don't think LEDs are going to cut it... Seems to me you'd want IR lights with reflectors, similar to regular headlights, so you'd get vision at a distance like you do with regular headlights. And in the ~50 watt range, too. Does anyone make incandescent IR lights? It'd be sweet if you could convert a set of regular driving lights to IR.

I'm not aware of any IR-based sensors out there, and I would be surprised if these interfered with traffic cameras any more than regular headlights. I'm just guessing though.

Almost, just like headlights. I can see just fine out to the distance my headlights provide. I'm Thinking further (brighter) and/or wider than I'd be able to pull off with headlights because of blinding other drivers and such.

Ideally, these will augment my highs/lows that already put out some IR light. I should grab a cam and try and figure out how well they do on their own.

Mainly, i'm concerned about those emergency switches on busy intersections used by police/EMS/fire to change the light when in a hurry. They're (usually) pulse coded so I doubt I'd activate them. I'm just not sure about the potential for flooding them with input so they don't respond.
Although now that I think about it, I don't intend on using them in the city much, if at all. And they'll be focused low. Still, I'm always curious about the legal implications.