Art and Mischief

If you’re a high-falutin’ artist or a photo-geek and you’re up for some mischief, consider making this flash canon called “The Fulgerator” to mess with the photos of others… Click continue reading for a video of the sophisticated prank in action and a link to the original post.
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Apparently, it’s adapted from a flash and an old SLR, it senses the flash of someone’s camera, and then quickly illuminates itself, projecting images or text onto the object that is being snapped by the other unsuspecting photographer:

[Update: Wired Mag blog picked this up and did a nice job with the details. Let’s hope the guy gets rich!] [Thanks James, via the great post at Gizmodo]