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Re:Tempe Police Release Video of Uber Accident by tbabb on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @10:31PM (#16645127)
IIRC IR is ITAR controlled and not available above abysmal resolution. I am curious if this limitation applies to self-driving cars, too.

If so, then it's really time to do what was done for GPS and declassify it for use by the general public. It's a public safety/public good issue.

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Re:Tempe Police Release Video of Uber Accident by owenversteeg on Thursday March 22, 2018 @04:11AM (#16646752)
No. ITAR controlled, in the context of IR imaging, means that you can't export any thermal imaging systems above 9fps. You can use whatever you want inside the US, and 60fps systems are available for consumers today.
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Re:Tempe Police Release Video of Uber Accident by Tossrock on Thursday March 22, 2018 @03:42AM (#16646608)
You can get 320x240 60hz for $2000 as a consumer[1]. On the one hand I wonder what kind of resolution the military grade version is, but I also wonder if the bandwidth/dollar is actually better. I imagine Raytheon basically just makes up a number when they're setting the price of a helicopter gun cam.

[1]: eg https://www.amazon.com/FLIR-Systems-III-320-Thermal-Detector...

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