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Optical Engineers Invent Ultra-Thin Coating That Turns Ordinary Glasses into High-Efficiency Night Vision Goggles
The Debrief ^ | June 07, 2024 | CHRISTOPHER PLAIN

Posted on 06/07/2024 7:26:59 AM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 06/07/2024 7:26:59 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: ShadowAce

Tech Ping!......................


2 posted on 06/07/2024 7:27:29 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger
“People have said that high-efficiency up-conversion of infrared to visible is impossible because of the amount of information not collected due to the angular loss that is inherent in non-local metasurfaces,”

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

3 posted on 06/07/2024 7:29:39 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“Everything is impossible until somebody does it.” - Robert Heinlein.......................


4 posted on 06/07/2024 7:30:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

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


5 posted on 06/07/2024 7:31:11 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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To: Red Badger

The “pump beam” would seem awkward in practice. How do you implement that without making the thing bulky?


6 posted on 06/07/2024 7:36:21 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: Red Badger

Hmm. Could an automobile windshield be treated with it?


7 posted on 06/07/2024 7:36:24 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Salman

Like in Cannonball Run?.................


8 posted on 06/07/2024 7:38:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Morgie56

ping


9 posted on 06/07/2024 7:39:48 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: rightwingcrazy

If I knew that I’d be a zillionaire....................


10 posted on 06/07/2024 7:41:52 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

They’d be great for night time deer hunting. Wouldn’t have to bother with that bulky spotlight.


11 posted on 06/07/2024 7:43:23 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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12 posted on 06/07/2024 7:46:54 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: rightwingcrazy

Yeah, that aspect sure was minimized.


13 posted on 06/07/2024 7:48:04 AM PDT by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: Red Badger

Wondering if solar panels could be made more sensitive to low light conditions.
I’m way out of my league here, just spitballing


14 posted on 06/07/2024 7:49:57 AM PDT by daku
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To: daku

Good idea!..................


15 posted on 06/07/2024 7:52:41 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

I want a pair of glasses with this.


16 posted on 06/07/2024 7:54:23 AM PDT by Woodman
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To: BBQToadRibs2

hubba-hubba.


17 posted on 06/07/2024 7:54:50 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ClearCase_guy
Boy, I wish I had a nickel for every time I've said that!

No kidding, but I'm not convinced, I think I'll run the calculations myself

18 posted on 06/07/2024 7:56:12 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Red Badger

The article discusses that this film could be applied to any transparent surface. I’m thinking that maybe in the future we would be able to have a pair of Sunglasses and a similar pair on Nightglasses. That would be super for night driving and just being outside at night if it really is that similar. I would definitely want a pair, today, please!


19 posted on 06/07/2024 7:59:02 AM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: Hot Tabasco

Good for burglin’ too


20 posted on 06/07/2024 7:59:29 AM PDT by bigbob
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