Nanoparticle-infused contact lenses can transform infrared radiation into different colours of visible light, potentially enabling a new form of night vision – no batteries required.

Driving at night has risks. Less visibility means a collision with a pedestrian, a cyclist, or an animal is more likely to happen than in daytime driving. Some automakers offer night-vision technology ...

Night vision takes any available light, no matter how small, and amplifies it to allow you to see in almost any level of darkness. Can you see great distances away with night vision goggles? A.

A pair of traditional night vision goggles. Image source: Lubo Ivanko / Adobe. Human subjects were able to detect signals and identify the direction of infrared light while wearing the infrared ...

But unlike night vision goggles, the contact lenses do not require a power source. They work by converting the infrared light so that it can be seen by the wearer as either red, green or blue light.