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Night Vision Coming Soon To Cell Phones, Eyeglasses

Posted April 26, 2010 8:10 AM

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Adapting technology found in flat screen television sets, scientists have created a thin film that converts infrared light into visible light. The technology could give cell phones, eyeglasses and car windshields cheap, lightweight night vision.

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04/26/2010 11:24 AM

And again one reaps the benefits of from the investment the military does for the development of technology, of which this never may have never have occured.

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04/26/2010 12:24 PM

But...but...all those talking heads on the radio keep telling me that no government agency ever spends money wisely...

(exits stage left with head spinning and the smell of a freshly-lit comment fuse lingering in the air )

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04/26/2010 5:44 PM

There are so many civilian applications for this. Some people really need the technology to drive safely at night. Imagine being able to spot the moose up ahead, before it is already splitting your windshield.. many lives could be saved. Everyone who drives on the highway here needs it.

I just want it on my picture window so I can see the bunnies in the yard at night.

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04/26/2010 5:50 PM

The uses is unbelievable, but what I'm impressed about is not only this becoming available to the general public, but being about to afford to purchase one.

Yah they say spotting the moose is difficult because they are so tall, Deer on the other hand tend to jump in front of you as you are about to drive past them.

As far as the bunnies, my girlfriend declared war on them for eating her plants last winter.

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