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[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Too bad you need to keep blasting the crystal with a laser to make this work

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Is that a problem though? As long as the new camera is better than the old one, it should be fine.

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I was hoping it was more of a process done to the crystal so it could make cheap and better heat cameras

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 days ago

Yeah well, passive components are nice, but occasionally you just need to spend some energy to keep the components doing its thing.