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MrLiberty
MrLiberty
1 day ago

I always thought that the contacts in “They Live” would be great for spotting the alien invaders…but then they all started piercing everything and dying their hair blue so it was no longer needed.

Steiner
Steiner
1 day ago

Don’t know if I want to put something ‘nano’ on my eye but a pair of glasses sounds nice.

Big Ruckus D
Big Ruckus D
1 day ago
Reply to  Steiner

Indeed. And how does one prevent flash blindness in the sudden presence of bright visible light, or do these not amplify visible spectrum light as conventional night vision tech does? I’d happily use this tech as glasses, but don’t much like the idea of contacts for any number of reasons.

Fido
Fido
1 day ago
Reply to  Big Ruckus D

Looks like they only absorb infra-red, and reemit in green.

Lots of things will absorbe light of one spectrum and reemit at a lower frequency, commonly used as “repeaters” or “amplifiers” in fiber-optics, but this is the first I’ve heard of reemiting in a *higher* frequency. Not sure how that works. Usually a high energy photon pushes an electron to “higher orbit” (shell), and then it reemits when the electron falls back to it’s original state. To reemit at a higher frequency, I presume it would have to be pushed up more than once, by more than one infra-red photon, in order to fall back emitting only one photon at a higher frequency. (green)

I’m sure the reemission is very dim, hence only useful when dark, and works better with eyes closed.

thexrayboy
thexrayboy
1 day ago

Not sure I would trust anything made in China actually on my eyes….

Steady Steve
Steady Steve
1 day ago

I want a pair when they can put that coating on my prescription lenses. This would make driving at night easier for many people.

Steady Steve
Steady Steve
1 day ago

Wonder how this would work with an infrared illuminator?

kal kal
kal kal
22 hours ago

where do those nano-particles migrate to? Trusting bunch ain’t ya?

Last edited 22 hours ago by kal kal