101 Spy Gadgets for the Evil Genius Evil Genius™ Series Bike, Scooter, and Chopper Projects for the Evil Genius Bionics for the Evil Genius: 25 Build-It-Yourself Projects Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius. Second Edition: 64 Lessons with Projects Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius: 28 Build-It-Yourself Projects Electronic Sensors for the Evil Genius: 54 Electrifying Projects 15 Dangerously Mad Projects for the Evil Genius 50 Awesome Auto Projects for the Evil Genius 50 Green Projects for the Evil Genius 50 Model Rocket Projects for the Evil Genius 51 High-Tech Practical Jokes for the Evil Genius 46 Science Fair Projects for the Evil Genius Fuel Cell Projects for the Evil Genius Holography Projects for the Evil Genius Mechatronics for the Evil Genius: 25 Build-It-Yourself Projects Mind Performance Projects for the Evil Genius: 19 Brain-Bending Bio Hacks MORE Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius: 40 NEW Build-it-Yourself Projects 101 Outer Space Projects for the Evil Genius 101 Spy Gadgets for the Evil Genius 125 Physics Projects for the Evil Genius 123 PIC® Microcontroller Experiments for the Evil Genius 123 Robotics Experiments for the Evil Genius PC Mods for the Evil Genius: 25 Custom Builds to Turbocharge Your Computer PICAXE Microcontroller Projects for the Evil Genius Programming Video Games for the Evil Genius Recycling Projects for the Evil Genius Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius Telephone Projects for the Evil Genius 30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius Tiny AVR Microcontroller Projects for the Evil Genius 25 Home Automation Projects for the Evil Genius 22 Radio and Receiver Projects for the Evil Genius 101 Spy Gadgets for the Evil Genius Brad Graham Kathy McGowan Second Edition New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto Copyright © 2012, 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 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Contents Acknowledgments ............................................... vii PART ZERO Introduction Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PART ONE Spy Technologies 101 Project 1 Desoldering Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Project 2 Spy Camera Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Project 3 Invisible Light Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 PART TWO Peering into the Night Project 4 Infrared Light Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Project 5 Simple Infrared Illuminator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Project 6 LED Array Illuminator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Project 7 Pulsed LED Illuminator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Project 8 Laser Night Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Project 9 Camcorder Night Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Project 10 Night Vision Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 PART THREE Telephone Projects Project 11 Phone Number Decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Project 12 Spammer Jammer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Project 13 Phone Voice Changer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 v vi 101 Spy Gadgets for the Evil Genius PART FOUR GPS Location Tracking Project 14 GPS Data Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Project 15 GPS Tracking Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 PART FIVE Transmission and Interception Project 16 Laser Spy Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Project 17 Basic Spy Transmitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Project 18 Remote Control Hijacker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 PART SIX Personal Protection Project 19 Camera Flash Taser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Project 20 Portable Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 PART SEVEN Digital Camera Spy Projects Project 21 Camera Trigger Hack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Project 22 Repeating Camera Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Project 23 Sound-Activated Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Project 24 Motion-Activated Camera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 Project 25 Camera Zoom Extender. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Project 26 Nikon Clap Snap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Index ................................................. 365 Acknowledgments Sincerest thanks always to our Evil Genius collaborator, Judy Bass, Senior and Series Editor at McGraw-Hill Professional in New York. Your enthusiasm and support keep us motivated to forge ahead and never give up. You are a very special lady. Also thanks to many people who take an interest in our projects and encourage us to pursue our dreams. We would especially like to thank Nathan Seidle, CEO of SparkFun Electronics Inc who sent us a wonderful assortment of electronics components and evaluation products to use in our Evil Genius labs! Thanks also go out to all of the people that make SparkFun.com a great resource and community for like minded Evil Geniuses, hackers, and electronics hobbyists. vii About the Authors Brad Graham is an inventor, robotics hobbyist, founder and host of atomiczombie.com Web site, which receives over 2.5 million hits monthly, and a computer professional. He is the coauthor of 101 Spy Gadgets for the Evil Genius, Atomic Zombie’s Bicycle Builder’s Bonanza, perhaps the most creative bicycle-building guide ever written, and Build Your Own All-Terrain Robot, from McGraw-Hill Professional. Technical manager of a high-tech firm which specializes in computer network setup and maintenance, data storage and recovery, and security services, Mr. Graham is also a Certified Netware Engineer, a Microsoft Certified Professional, and a Certified Electronics and Cabling Technician. Kathy McGowan provides administrative, logistical and marketing support for Atomic Zombie’s™ many robotics, bicycle, technical, and publishing projects. She also manages the daily operations of their high-tech firm and several Web sites, including atomiczombie.com, as well as various Internet-based blogs and forums. Additionally, Ms. McGowan writes articles for ezines, and is collaborating with Mr. Graham on several film and television projects. P A R T Z E R O Introduction