Every day I read through phys.org before I finish my morning coffee. I can no longer tell the mad scientists from the sane scientists. The latest here involves putting nano particles into the eye to change invisible light into visible light. It is only a matter of time before some fool tries this. Nanoparticles could someday give humans built-in night vision
From the article:
“We might […] have night vision without bulky equipment.”
I already have night vision without “bulky equipment” - I just use my D4. Probably even smaller than the IR lights the scientist have to use. …
“If we had a super dog that could see NIR light, we could project a pattern onto a lawbreaker’s’ body from a distance, and the dog could catch them without disturbing other people”.
Yeah, much easier than using visible light and “stock” eyes …
Mucking around with nano particles in the human eye… doesn’t sound very safe to me. Most of these scientists don’t have a clue about the long term physical effects of such a feat. I’d much rather have special slim goggles or glasses to put on that performs this function.
Hm. I had a cataract replaced years ago with the last intraocular lens model that had no blue/UV filter built in.
With the operated eye, I could use a UV flashlight to get around in the dark— by comparison the normal eye just sees a faint violet glow.
Of course I don’t do that, to protect the retina carefully in the operated eye,
since it’s not evolved to handle those high energy photons.