Contact Lenses With Infrared Vision?

Orlando (12257) writes "A story on Singularity Hub reports that "Researchers at the University of Michigan, led by electrical engineer Zhaohui Zhong, have devised a way to capture the infrared spectrum without requiring the cooling that makes infrared goggles so cumbersome." The method uses graphene and could one day lead to ultra light weight infrared vision technology."

Comments

Re:Cool?

[bobbied]

So, we just blink and the TV channel will change?

No, but you will be blinded when using the remote control..

Re:Not practical as contact lenses

[ArcadeMan]

For videogames, what you need is X-ray vision. The ability to see the electric signals in the LCD gril before they hit the actual pixels will give you an advantage of several milliseconds compared to your opponents. The same principle applies to Monster cables' gold-plated, titanium-coated, oxygen-free optical cables which give you pure digital audio, free of data which are not zeros or ones.

Re:Not practical as contact lenses

[Guppy06]

I can see a business model where you'd sell these glasses from the backs of comic books.