People who tested a new type of designer contact lens could see flashing infrared signals from a light source. Humans have a new way of seeing infrared light, without the need for clunky night-vision ...

InVisage's new image sensor for infrared cameras could help drones avoid trees and could aid virtual reality headsets in seeing where you're pointing. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

The human eye can only detect wavelengths in the visible light range, but a new imaging system will let us "see" infrared ...

Neuroscientists and materials scientists have created contact lenses that enable infrared vision in both humans and mice by converting infrared light into visible light. (Nanowerk News) ...

While infrared light is invisible to most animals, there are some, including salmon, bullfrogs and snakes, that can see in ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers from TMOS, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, have made significant progress in their journey to deliver a new approach to night vision ...

Tired of using bulky night vision goggles for your clandestine nocturnal activities? An interdisciplinary team of Chinese neuroscientists and materials scientists has developed near-infrared contact ...

Scientists have developed revolutionary contact lenses that grant wearers the ability to see infrared light—a feat humans naturally cannot achieve. This breakthrough, detailed in the journal Cell00454 ...

A new technique that combines gene therapy and nanotechnology enables mice and human retinas to detect infrared radiation. Such a method could someday supplement lost vision in patients suffering from ...

A project at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has developed a contact lens allowing wearers to perceive near-IR wavelengths and see better in the dark. Described in Cell, the ...

Mostly, these night vision things are all just really cool gadgets, and who doesn’t love really cool gadgets? Several years ago a Santa Barbara tech company called FLIR sent me one of its portable ...