How to Make a Night Vision Webcam

A night vision webcam is a camera that is able to detect infrared light. All webcams are equipped with this ability, but they are also equipped with infrared light filters. To make a night vision webcam, remove the infrared light filter inside the webcam. This takes less than one hour.

Things You'll Need

• Webcam
• Small screwdriver
• 1 long flat piece of metal 1/4- to 1/2-inch wide
• Glue

Instructions

1. Open the webcam. The webcam has small screws on the side for you to loosen in order to see the inside.

2. Remove the lens assembly from the circuit board with a screwdriver. Do not allow bright, direct light to hit the lens or the back of the lens assembly.

3. Place the lens down on a flat surface. Directly under the round piece of the lens assembly are two plastic pieces, one laying on top of the other.

4. Separate the pieces. Some webcams have screws holding the assembly together. Others may have glue holding them together. Unscrew them or pry them apart with a flat screwdriver or a flat piece of metal. Be careful not to damage the lens assembly while prying it open. Start slowly and ease the metal into the space between the two sides.

5. Remove the top piece. A square piece of glass, which is the infrared light filter, is held in with metal clamps or wire. Bend the wire clamps back to reveal the filter.

6. Place the piece you removed back on top of the assembly and attach them together with the screws or glue them back together.

7. Attach the assembly back to the circuit board. Connect the two pieces of the webcam back together. Test the webcam.