Optical Engineers Invent Ultra-Thin Coating That Turns Ordinary Glasses into High-Efficiency Night Vision Goggles

The Debrief ^ | June 07, 2024 | CHRISTOPHER PLAIN

[Red Badger]

They will either be extremely expensive or totally outlawed for civilian use.

Can’t have the serfs using high tech. Might give them ideas.

Eat your bugs and shut up..................

[aquila48]

And collect the infrared (heat) portion of the sun’s radiation, which is substantial.

Today’s panel collect mostly visible light.

[fruser1]

Nice.

I bet the gov will regulate this so the public can’t get it.

[1Old Pro]

I’ll bet the guys depicted in Zero Dark Thirty (watched it again last night) will like these, those things on their helmets looked rather large and cumbersome

[Red Badger]

You know they will.

This would be too useful in an ‘insurrection’.................

[ConservativeWarrior]

Would also put one on even footing with the feds when they come to take our ARs.

My previously plan to acquire night vision was “finders keepers.”

[Mark17]

Boy, I wish I had a nickel for every time I've said that!

🤣

[algore]

“Still waiting on the X-Ray glasses from the back of the comic books.”

How long ago did you order them ?

[shotgun]

Sounds great. Now I can a pair of these to wear so when I’m out doing my farm chores at 4 AM I don’t have to wear my battery powered head lamp!

[T.B. Yoits]

Fewer tips for strippers...

[null and void]

Boy, I wish I had a nickel for every time I've said that!

I do have a nickel for every time I've said that...

[MeanWestTexan]

Had the same thought.

[MeanWestTexan]

I bet the government will mandate car windshields be made of this so the price of all cars goes up $10k and a rock chip can bankrupt you.

[guest7]

"Boy, I wish I had a nickel for every time I've said that!"

...Artist impression of non-linear infrared upconversion technology...

Wow, we can take grandpa's old VHS tape collection; and "Upconvert them to 4K". How cool is that?

[rlmorel]

Hey! I just saw an advertisement for these things before I watched some YouTube video someone sent me a link for...

(I didn’t really, but...I might have)

[G Larry]

"Still waiting on the X-Ray glasses from the back of the comic books."

Well, if you'd included the correct number of cereal box tops with your request....

[G Larry]

I didn’t see any indication of distance limitations.

[rlmorel]

"How long ago did you order them?"

I will consult my decoder ring before climbing into my Polaris Submarine...

[Billthedrill]

I’m thinking cheap night vision coatings for rifle scopes. In case anyone, you know, needs that...

[Buffalo Bob]