Optical Theremin

[admin]

Originally posted by cayen on 11.12.08:

Well it was an amazing weekend to see all the latest technologies and to meet the wonderful people of the paranormal.
I got to test this box over the weekend and while I didn't get anything on the day I ghost hunted, I did get something yesterday. Two little sound pops from the speaker that tells me I'm on the right path.

Now that I led you in let me explain a little bit about this device.
It works off the premise that orbs give off small amounts of IR light. if I can detect that light then I can prove orb activity without the need for camera illusions. Now before I get detractors saying "But Cayen, Orbs are not signs of paranormal activity" You have to remeber one thing even if no one is around and the box reacts it is a sign of paranormal activity, because it is not normal for a device to have any reaction in a sealed environment.

Also the types of signs I'm looking for are direct response activity. I ask for the spirits to make the box react and the box does so.
This device reacts to both IR light and Optical light (currently) Giving out a tone through a speaker when it senses either light. The more light it receives the louder and higher pitch the volume is from the speaker. This entire device is then enclosed in a box that allows no light in (AT ALL).

I made sure to test this thoroughly by having it on and walking through well lit areas of the Stanley Hotel, also by having Bill Murphy blast it with an IR flood light.

[AbbeyGal]

Oh, I had forgotten that you had already posted about the theremin here.  Good.

[Cayen]

It's been awhile, there has been more developments with this device. Recently I had a team start using it in the field. A minor thing I had included was a testing switch which allowed the team to know if the device was working or not. It was inadvertently discovered that this switch can detect shadow anomalies that happen in the box. At the time it was the only instance I was going to include the switch, now that is was discovered to detect shadows I'm including it on all future models.  Next order of business, while it's been nice to work with the phototransistors that I've included with the original theremins I've found it necessary to search for better photo-detectors. I'm currently testing out some very expensive photodetectors that can detect all light from deep UV to deep IR.