My Sony Indextron is off to Andy right now...

[old_tv_nut]

Originally Posted by andy

Here's an update on the KVX370.

The orange plastic is what collects the light from the index stripes. It's the same plastic that's used in store displays to give them a neon effect. It collects light from the surfaces and concentrates it along the edges.

Hmmm... could it be fluorescent so it picks up ultraviolet from the index stripes and converts it to orange for pickup by the sensor? Do you know what the index stripes consist of?