19:04 <berndj> from ##optics : https://hackaday.io/list/5819-thermal-imaging-projects

19:05 <berndj> which reminds me, the current wireless world i'm busy reading has an article about some dram chip that's put to use as an image sensor

19:07 <_Sync_> yeah that's an old trick

19:09 <berndj> i don't think it was a "trick" in the sense of decapping the chip, i got the impression it was manufactured with a window. but i could be wrong, i'm not reading with a magnifying glass

19:35 <SpeedEvil> No mass market DRAMs were sold with windows

19:35 <SpeedEvil> decapping the top can be done easily on ceramic packaged RAMs

22:37 <berndj> image caption: micron technology's IS32 optic d-ram

22:37 <berndj> it's packaged with a window

22:37 <berndj> probably not "mass market" though

22:39 <SpeedEvil> I am vaguely remembering a wierdo unique one now