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It sounds like a superhero origin story for a new Marvel movie, but it is real: a group of Chinese scientists have developed an injectable nanoparticle that will give you superhuman near-infrared vision. It’s an amazing discovery that could enable any mammal to see in the dark.
The nanoparticle is an ocular photoreceptor that get injected in the eye. Once it is in there, the nanoparticle anchors to the retinal photoreceptors as near-infrared (NIR) light transducers. In other words, it captures NIR light and sends it as visible light to your retina, which allows your eye to see in darkness.
Elderly people lose their ability to see in the dark as they age so this could potentially be helpful
originally posted by: Terpene
a reply to: Alien Abduct
Interesting news, it's very impressive.... I looking forward to the real game changer, electromagnetic vision!!!
Elderly people lose their ability to see in the dark as they age so this could potentially be helpful
Not sure if you are kidding or just being naive, but the only place I can envision it's application to take a hold is military...
originally posted by: musicismagic
Cool, but could it be that the US Military has been working on this too.
originally posted by: Alien Abduct
originally posted by: musicismagic
Cool, but could it be that the US Military has been working on this too.
Absolutely. The potential for military application for this is obvious and I'm pretty sure China manages to keep very few secrets from the U.S. The U.S. probably has a much more advanced version.
originally posted by: musicismagic
Cool, but could it be that the US Military has been working on this too.
The typical 50 year old needs twice as much light to see as well as a typical 30 year old.
originally posted by: Alien Abduct
Oh don't worry biden will make it mandatory