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Posted on 08/07/2026 7:10:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Scientists from the Beijing Institute of Technology have revealed a colloidal quantum dot (CQD)-based infrared-to-visible upconverter that transforms the infrared spectrum into full color, allowing people to ‘see’ the infrared in the visible light spectrum.
The research team behind the novel invention said their upconverter can be used in eyeglasses to improve human vision and for augmented reality (AR) applications. They also reported a successful implantation of an upconverter in mice, opening the possibility of an implantable photoreceptor to repair or improve vision in human eyes.
Attempts to Convert Infrared to Full Color Face Limitations
In a published study detailing the novel, full-color IR glasses, the human eye is “inherently blind” to infrared radiation. Although IR radiation interacts with the retina, infrared wavelengths lack the energy to trigger the photoisomerization of the retinal chromophore that lets people distinguish colors. As a result, humans don’t have visual access to over half of the solar spectrum.
Still, the researchers write, “harnessing this imperceptible radiation is critical, as infrared perception unlocks a vast reservoir of inaccessible information.” For example, this added visual information enables critical functions in other animals, such as navigation in darkness or detecting predators and prey from their heat. Still, they observe that our natural visual-light spectrum vision is “utterly inadequate” to access this information that so many animals rely upon.
In their study, the researchers highlight recent advances in accessing the IR spectrum, including “ocular injectable photoreceptor-binding upconversion nanoparticles” that convert infrared light into visible emissions. Other studies have also evaluated wearable lenses with nonlinear upconversion projecting infrared-transformed visible light onto the cornea and photovoltaic nanowire networks.
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AR (augmented reality), AI (artificial intelligence) - where we be headed?
“ocular injectable photoreceptor-binding upconversion nanoparticles” — You first, Ben. Report back to us on what you see.
That is why we go further than the animals by inventing all sorts of sensor systems.
As always
Into the Great Unknown.
My translation from that bizarre blizzard of babble was “stuff that lets you see more”.
Lol.
Umm... false color.
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”.
Nope
I see no need to permanently alter the body God gave me to see infrared light.
I also can only see this as altering the way I see visible colors to enable me to see infrared.
I am unwilling to give up some colors to gain others.
Were these the sunglasses featured in the movie “They Live”?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjw_DuNkOUw&list=PLZbXA4lyCtqqTGIrYIiKQ1u_KKbuyLIi2&index=2
La la land it looks like.
More like arbitrary color. We arbitrarily assign certain infrared frequencies visible light frequencies that correspond to red green or blue to make them visible.
Built-in night vision would be a game-changer.
I'd say we're headed for a rehash of the early 2000s dot com bubble, though on a larger scale with data centers, AI, and especially cryptocurrency. Once the hype dies down people will realize that they've been barking up the wrong tree. And as far as I can tell, augmented reality is just an amusing plaything.
So would built-in 20mm cannons.
Does it has a quantum price?
It’s either very expensive or free. But you don’t know until you buy it.
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