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This has got to be one of the most interesting DIY photo projects that I’ve seen in a long time, particularly since the visuals produced are honestly not all that interesting.

It’s a Wifi Camera, but not in the more common sense that you’re thinking of. This is not a camera that connects to your computer and downloads the photos by wifi using SD cards.

This is a camera that actually reads and records the electromagnetic radiation put out by standard consumer wifi networks. The name for this strange wifi mapping tool is the Wifi Camera Obscura. From their website:

Wifi Camera Obscura reveals the electromagnetic space of our devices and the shadows that we create within such spaces, in particular our wifi networks which are increasingly found in coffee shops, offices and homes throughout cities of the developed world. We will take realtime “photos” of wifi space.

Definitely a new method of alternative photography put together by three very interestingly-named Europeans; Usman Haque, Bengt Sjölén and Adam Somlai-Fischer. Take a look, the photos show an interesting picture of the kind of radiation thrown around by our wireless networks all the time.