Graphene Contact Lens "Sees" Infrared

"Engineers at the University of Michigan are developing a graphene contact lens that would allow its wearer to see the entire infrared spectrum, along with visible and ultraviolet light," reports Science Recorder. "The technology could have both military and medical applications." Read more.

See at Night Like "Predator" with Graphene Contact Lenses

"Graphene could make it possible to build ultra-thin, flexible thermal sensors for built-in night vision technology — just like that lethal alien in the Predator franchise," notes Gizmodo. "Modern night-vision equipment exploits the generation of heat by living bodies by focusing the thermal emissions with a special lens. The signal is then transmitted to IR detectors, which create a detailed pattern based on variations in temperature. That so-called thermogram is then turned into electrical impulses, which a computer analyses and sends to the display. The end result: the user sees that data represented as various colours, depending on the intensity of the IR emission." Read more.