Post by ironhold on Oct 23, 2013 21:57:53 GMT
This one comes from "Tokyo Vice", a direct-to-video anime release from a good decade or so back (if it says anything, my copy is on VHS).
Plot:
A kidnapped scientist escapes into Tokyo, but is mortally wounded in the process. He staggers into a nightclub where three members of a private detective agency are spending the evening. Before dying, he gives one of the members a computer disk containing much of his research. As the detectives investigate the man's kidnapping and eventual death, they discover that a rogue faction of the Japanese military kidnapped him in order to work on a new weapon system. When the military finds out that the agency is on the case, they respond by kidnapping the teenage sister of one of the detectives. The detectives must both recover the girl and find enough evidence to expose the plot to the authorities.
Scene:
A recon of a building that the detectives need to get into reveals that the main entrance is guarded by an anti-personnel laser that is tied into a heat sensor (similar to the one used in the "Beat The Heat Sensor" myth). Furthermore, several feet of open ground separates the concrete wall that the detective is hiding behind and the door the detective needs to enter. He makes the decision that the best way in is to spoof the sensor.
To do this, he dons heavy-duty gloves similar to what some welders wear. He then takes a handful of ball bearings, heats them up with a small blowtorch, and throws them over the wall. The heat sensor picks up on the bearings and the laser begins to fire, but when the soldiers working security check the cameras, they are unable to see the bearings due to both their size and how dark the night is. Believing the sensor to be malfunctioning, they deactivate the heat sensor and laser and summon technicians to investigate. By the time the technicians arrive, the detective has hopped over the wall and made his way inside.
Myth:
1. It is possible to heat ball bearings in such a fashion without injury to the wearer - A human analog hand could be created with a heat sensor inserted inside; the analog would then be inserted into a welder's glove.
2. Would a torch heat up ball bearings enough to trip a heat sensor?
3. Could ball bearings be essentially invisible to people watching via security camera?
Plot:
A kidnapped scientist escapes into Tokyo, but is mortally wounded in the process. He staggers into a nightclub where three members of a private detective agency are spending the evening. Before dying, he gives one of the members a computer disk containing much of his research. As the detectives investigate the man's kidnapping and eventual death, they discover that a rogue faction of the Japanese military kidnapped him in order to work on a new weapon system. When the military finds out that the agency is on the case, they respond by kidnapping the teenage sister of one of the detectives. The detectives must both recover the girl and find enough evidence to expose the plot to the authorities.
Scene:
A recon of a building that the detectives need to get into reveals that the main entrance is guarded by an anti-personnel laser that is tied into a heat sensor (similar to the one used in the "Beat The Heat Sensor" myth). Furthermore, several feet of open ground separates the concrete wall that the detective is hiding behind and the door the detective needs to enter. He makes the decision that the best way in is to spoof the sensor.
To do this, he dons heavy-duty gloves similar to what some welders wear. He then takes a handful of ball bearings, heats them up with a small blowtorch, and throws them over the wall. The heat sensor picks up on the bearings and the laser begins to fire, but when the soldiers working security check the cameras, they are unable to see the bearings due to both their size and how dark the night is. Believing the sensor to be malfunctioning, they deactivate the heat sensor and laser and summon technicians to investigate. By the time the technicians arrive, the detective has hopped over the wall and made his way inside.
Myth:
1. It is possible to heat ball bearings in such a fashion without injury to the wearer - A human analog hand could be created with a heat sensor inserted inside; the analog would then be inserted into a welder's glove.
2. Would a torch heat up ball bearings enough to trip a heat sensor?
3. Could ball bearings be essentially invisible to people watching via security camera?
