What can you do with such SWIR vision devices? A promotional film by camera manufacturer Sony shows it: youtu.be/mS4EBbALAFM.
What can you do with such SWIR vision devices? A promotional film by camera manufacturer Sony shows it: youtu.be/mS4EBbALAFM. Short-wave infrared light (SWIR) is useful for many things: It helps sort out damaged fruit and inspecting silicon chips, and it enables night vision devices with sharp images. But SWIR cameras have so far been based on expensive electronics. Researchers at Empa, EPFL, ETH Zurich and the University of Siena have now developed a SWIR screen consisting of just eight thin layers on a glass surface. This could make IR cameras useful everyday objects. Infrared (IR) light is invisible to humans. However, some animals, such as rattlesnakes or bloodsucking bats, can perceive IR radiation and use it to find food.
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