https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01630-x
"Humans have a new way of seeing infrared light, without the need for clunky
night-vision goggles. Researchers have made the first contact lenses to convey
infrared vision — and the devices work even when people have their eyes closed.
The team behind the invention, led by scientists at the University of Science
and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei, gave the lenses their power by
infusing them with nanoparticles that convert near-infrared light in the
800–1,600-nanometre range into shorter-wavelength, visible light that humans
can see, in the 400–700-nanometre range. The researchers estimate that the
lenses cost around US$200 per pair to make.
The technology, which was detailed in
Cell on 22 May, “is incredibly cool,
just like something out of a science-fiction movie”, says Xiaomin Li, a chemist
at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. It opens up “new possibilities for
understanding the world around us”, he adds."
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