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For armed standoffs, hostage situations, or other incidents where putting your head around the corner is a very bad idea, throwable cameras have definitely found a market. Looking like heavy rubber cricket balls, these devices are covered in camera lenses and are tough enough to be rolled across floors, down stairs, and thrown through windows - even closed ones. They can also be lowered on tethers or stuck on the end of poles. Bounce Imagining has even demonstrated how they can be placed at strategic locations by a Boston Dynamics quadbot with a robotic arm like something out of a mechanical nightmare. Pit Viper 360 Once on station, these throwable cameras can send back images to a digital device, relay sounds in the area, and even allow communications via a two-way audio link. Called the Pit Viper 360, the new Bouncing Image throwable differs from others in that it not only sends back color or infrared images, it can also capture and transmit thermal images, which can zero in on objects warmer or cooler than the surroundings, like a human being or a machine generating heat or cold. In addition, the company says that the camera replaces the pan/tilt motors and expensive camera arrays normally used to cover large areas with six thermal imaging cores. The output from these is used to generate a full panoramic view in real time with stabilized video and very low latency in a package with very low size, weight, and power requirements. The Pit Viper 360 will be available for sale next year. No price has been released yet. Source: Bounce Imaging Tags TechnologyCameraThermal Imaging * Facebook * Twitter * Flipboard * LinkedIn 1 comment David Szondy David Szondy David Szondy is a playwright, author and journalist based in Seattle, Washington. A retired field archaeologist and university lecturer, he has a background in the history of science, technology, and medicine with a particular emphasis on aerospace, military, and cybernetic subjects. In addition, he is the author of four award-winning plays, a novel, reviews, and a plethora of scholarly works ranging from industrial archaeology to law. David has worked as a feature writer for many international magazines and has been a feature writer for New Atlas since 2011. 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