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1 posted on 08/07/2026 7:10:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: SunkenCiv
colloidal quantum dot (CQD)-based infrared-to-visible upconverter... including “ocular injectable photoreceptor-binding upconversion nanoparticles”


2 posted on 08/07/2026 7:13:09 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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AR (augmented reality), AI (artificial intelligence) - where we be headed?


3 posted on 08/07/2026 7:14:48 AM PDT by cymbeline
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“ocular injectable photoreceptor-binding upconversion nanoparticles” — You first, Ben. Report back to us on what you see.


4 posted on 08/07/2026 7:16:05 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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...they observe that our natural visual-light spectrum vision is “utterly inadequate” to access this information that so many animals rely upon.

That is why we go further than the animals by inventing all sorts of sensor systems.

5 posted on 08/07/2026 7:20:35 AM PDT by GingisK
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Good demonstration of infrared vs. visible light here:

https://mhmyers.com/ir/gsir/gsir.html


7 posted on 08/07/2026 7:24:04 AM PDT by zeebee
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Umm... false color.


9 posted on 08/07/2026 7:25:30 AM PDT by Merrick (It's a car - that runs on water, man!)
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To: BenLurkin

Having UV vision would be interesting as well. Many insects and birds have UV vision, so to a bee or a hummingbird many flowers that look solid white to us have colorful spots and bands to mark their “target”.


10 posted on 08/07/2026 7:28:36 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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Were these the sunglasses featured in the movie “They Live”?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjw_DuNkOUw&list=PLZbXA4lyCtqqTGIrYIiKQ1u_KKbuyLIi2&index=2


12 posted on 08/07/2026 7:41:53 AM PDT by PAR35
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Built-in night vision would be a game-changer.


15 posted on 08/07/2026 7:43:59 AM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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I tried wearing those IR glasses once. Trust me. You don’t want to see what I saw.


17 posted on 08/07/2026 7:45:56 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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18 posted on 08/07/2026 7:45:57 AM PDT by PGR88
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Does it has a quantum price?

It’s either very expensive or free. But you don’t know until you buy it.


20 posted on 08/07/2026 7:48:31 AM PDT by DannyTN
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Now I’ll know the waiter brought cold soup before I try it.


21 posted on 08/07/2026 7:57:04 AM PDT by Track9 (Liberal tears make me smile. Thank you DJT! ABM = anything but muslim )
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Kind of reminds me of H. P. Lovecraft’s “From Beyond” Weird.


23 posted on 08/07/2026 8:34:00 AM PDT by D_Idaho ("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
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If IR comes across as red, green and yellow,
How do you know it’s IR and not visible spectrum RGY?


24 posted on 08/07/2026 9:22:27 AM PDT by MMusson ( )
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