Turn a single-use camcorder into a recording nightvision scope

Why shell out $200 for a set of Soviet-era nightvision goggles when you can make one yourself from a $30 video camera? That's what Everett Bradford did, taking a
CVS single-use video camera and combining it with a set of 20-cent infrared LEDs. Okay, it took a little more work than that, including some circuit-board mods and the addition of a salvaged camcorder lens. In the end, though, Everett estimated that his night-vision setup, which can record infrared footage that can be downloaded to a PC, cost about $35, compared to about
$80 for the cheapest off-the-shelf night-vision scope. Who said you can't find anything worth buying in the corner drugstore?

[Via Hackaday]