Raytheon's New Night Vision Technology

[COSMO]

More nerdy news...

Could this be the end of the flashlight?

New, low-cost chips for sensing thermal energy could lead to a raft of new night-vision products, engineers say, ushering in everything from smarter cars to handheld devices for spelunking.

A new technology used by Raytheon, "wafer-level packaging," dramatically reduces the cost of making these thermal sensors. The advances could – for the first time – put a thermal weapons sight in the hands of every soldier in a platoon. But the commercial and law-enforcement uses are endless, too, developers say.

"Once it reaches a certain price point, you'll see it kind of popping up in a lot of different areas," said Adam Kennedy, a lead engineer at Raytheon Vision Systems.  "That's just very, very exciting."

The chips "see" heat, meaning they work in total darkness. Older technologies work by amplifying tiny traces of visible light, such as starlight, or by illuminating scenes with an infrared lamp.



Reminds me of Corso's story...here's his drawing of ebe's eye lense that gave them night vision...
Isn't this the same thing the article is talking about??? 



and this...



Eye lense removal from the alien autopsy...

I am sure graphene will figure into this!

Hey Elvis...this sure will make finding bigfoot a lot easier!   

Cosmo

[Titan]

Is there a larger version of that Corso eye lens drawing available somewhere?

[COSMO]

Hi Titan,

Took a little to find it...but here it is.  Along with a nice drawing of the induction power and torsion propulsion system.

http://www.think-downloads.com/download/UFOs/ufo-related_drawings_by_col._philip_corso.pdf

Cosmo

[COSMO]

Another twist on night vision.  A skinny lense...


Dark alleys might not feel so dangerous someday thanks to a new ultra-thin type of lens, which could pave the way to making smaller and cheaper heat-sensing imagers. A team of French researchers has found a way to make a thermal infrared (IR) camera with a lens made of silicon, a much less expensive material than is commonly used today.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-05-skinny-lens-cheap-surveillance-camera.html#jCp





Cosmo