Researchers devise a full-color night vision goggle
Researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology have developed a new type of night vision goggle that produces full-color images. By using mercury telluride quantum dots and dual-layer OLEDs, the device translates infrared wavelengths into the visible spectrum rather than standard green shades.
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This technology could significantly improve situational awareness and natural vision for military, search-and-rescue, and scientific applications.
Infravision Researchers devise a full-color night vision goggle Wavelength and intensity in the infrared are translated into colors in the visible.
18 Credit: Dmitri Toms Credit: Dmitri Toms Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav Human eyes don’t register the infrared portion of the light spectrum because infrared photons don’t carry enough energy to trigger the signaling pathway inside our light-sensing cells. But we’ve been able to make devices that give us a visual representation of what’s happening in the infrared.
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