Currently, it's mostly just cats, owls, and Navy Seals that can see in the dark, but soon, night-vision technology might be available to the masses. Researchers at the University of Michigan have ...

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS) in Australia has made an extraordinary breakthrough. The researchers working at TMOS have devised a way to create ultra-thin ...

Researchers in China have developed a pair of contact lenses that can help people see infrared light, potentially giving wearers functional night vision. The lenses were tested on both mice and humans ...

After a recent breakthrough by U.S. researchers, night-vision contact lenses could soon go from video game science-fiction to a real life possibility. The secret? Graphene lenses which sense "the full ...

This morning DT's sister site, Kit Up!, published this interesting 'what if' piece about some tech that could have been used in the raid to kill Osama bin Laden. Basically, Kit Up! asks what if the ...

Troops might be able to replace those heavy night vision goggles strapped to their helmets and replace them with contact lenses. The University of Michigan has developed a prototype contact lens that ...

The new world of contact lenses has arrived: ones that allow individuals to see in the dark with their eyes closed. In the journal Cell, neuroscientists explained how they created contact lenses that ...

Scientists have developed revolutionary contact lenses that grant wearers the ability to see infrared light—a feat humans naturally cannot achieve. This breakthrough, detailed in the journal Cell00454 ...

Smart contact lenses that grant the wearer night vision as well as act as a private, super-discreet interface for your digital life could be coming to your eyeball, if startup Mojo Vision has its way.

Paddling at night? What sort of smuggling do you do? OK, OK, maybe you have a legitimate reason to canoe at night. Alligator snatching? Orchid rustling? As for your glasses, the deal on yellow-tinted ...

(Reuters Health) - - Touted to improve nighttime eyesight, yellow lens glasses don't help drivers see better and may, in fact, worsen vision, a new study suggests. Researchers found that yellow-lens ...