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Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark.phys.org/news/2025-05-infrared-contact-lenses-people-dark.html

143 sats \ 3 comments \ @Aardvark 11h science

I thought it was clickbait until I reading it. Pretty cool stuff.

Neuroscientists and materials scientists have created contact lenses that enable infrared vision in both humans and mice by converting infrared light into visible light. Unlike infrared night vision goggles, the contact lenses, described in the journal Cell, do not require a power source—and they enable the wearer to perceive multiple infrared wavelengths.

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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 7h

I wonder who will be the first to use them en mass? My guess is the military and security forces. They will finally get out to the general public, though, some day. I look forward to the time they put the infrared nanoparticles in regular glasses, though.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark OP 7h

It can certainly be done. The article says that they did glasses as well.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 6h

I saw a heartwarming video of two daughters giving their father a pair of glasses that allowed him to see in color for the first time in his life. He was born colorblind. The video was amazing. The glasses must have been something super.