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"Shimmer Vision" Scopes See Better Using Heat

Posted by kdawson on from the coco-bop dept.

holy_calamity writes "New Scientist reports on a neat DARPA idea that uses the shimmer of heat haze to allow binoculars to see further. It works by exploiting the fact that some distortions from heat haze actually magnify objects behind them. The binoculars collect a series of frames when that is occurring to boost magnification by 3 times. The design goal is to be able to present one image a second, and to enable facial recognition at 90% accuracy at a distance of 1 km. The scopes could be on the battlefield inside of 3 years."

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  1. Re:Now this is interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Did you come up with that all by yourself? I bet mommy is very very proud of you!

  2. If only... by mariushm · · Score: -1, Troll

    Great, they would be in the battlefield in 3 years.

    Now if only these bright minds could find a solution to not having wars in the first place.

    It just pisses me off when so many are excited they find better ways to kill other people.. i guess it's in human nature to do it.