Mammalian Near-IR Vision Through Injectable, Self-Powered Retinal Nanoantennae

Re:Mammalian Near-IR Vision Through Injectable, Self-Powered... by tener on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @06:33PM (#19315217)

I wonder if some military unit would be interested.

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Re:Mammalian Near-IR Vision Through Injectable, Self-Powered... by jakeogh on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @07:41PM (#19315538)

For night operations you could use 980 flashlights without the NIR headgear.

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Re:Mammalian Near-IR Vision Through Injectable, Self-Powered... by tomerico on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @10:45PM (#19316256)

Is 980nm in the range of body heat radiation? In other words, would you be able to have "night vision" in full darkness by seeing the heat from animals?

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Re:Mammalian Near-IR Vision Through Injectable, Self-Powered... by orbital-decay on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @02:41AM (#19317053)

No. Thermal vision is LWIR, far down the spectrum.

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Re:Mammalian Near-IR Vision Through Injectable, Self-Powered... by germinalphrase on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @10:14PM (#19316149)

I’ve read that IR boosting contact lenses are already a thing, but that’s more gossip than knowledge.

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