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Originally Posted by Copernicus View Post
Actually, I don't think that would be a problem. RF frequencies are regulated by governments because devices using them can so easily interfere with one another, but consumer IR is just using light waves; so long as you don't turn your device into a portable heat lamp, I doubt anybody would care how bright an IR flashlight gets.
Yeah you're right, I was dumb in my previous post It would essentially just be a non-visible torch, and arrays of IR diodes (maybe even > 1 W total) is of course used in night-vision applications for instance.
 

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