X-Ray Camera Filter Under Investigation
By Kwon Mee-yoo
Staff Reporter
Just one month after dozens of people were swindled by fraudsters into buying fake ``see-through" glasses, ads promoting an X-ray camera filter are causing another round of controversy.
The latest alleged con involves a Web site that is selling a so-called X-ray filter for cameras, including those on cell phones, for 190,000 won ($152).
The ads claim that once the filter is attached to a camera lens, viewers can see though people's clothes. It goes on to say the product is different from the Chinese see-through glasses and that it has been developed and sold in Japan for 10 years. There is no contact information for the merchandiser, with the exception of an address in Japan.
Experts say that the filter advertises the same bogus technology as the X-ray glasses purported to do, and the idea of ``seeing through" is technically impossible now.
``Current technology does not allow see-through vision through penetrating glasses or filters," said Oh Cha-hwan, a physics professor at Hanyang University. ``It's partially possible only when using special equipment such as infrared camera.''
A police officer said, ``It seems like another deceit, like the see-though glasses. We are investigating the case.''