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calmond writes:
"Researchers from the University of Michigan have created a super-thin light detector that can pick up the entire infrared spectrum in addition to visible and ultraviolet light. The heat vision technology is made of graphene, which is considered to be the world's strongest material, and is small enough to fit on a contact lens.
Its developers say the technology could one day give people super-human vision and is particularly relevant for use by the military. Other, non-military uses, such as checking power distribution cables or search-and-rescue tasks are also possible.
A news release from the University team is to be found here, while a technical abstract is here. Unfortunately, the full technical paper is only viewable by payment or membership.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by bd on Thursday March 20 2014, @09:24PM
Yeah, I am a bit disappointed with the quality of the paper. Especially that they did not go below 1300 nm in the device with the Si barrier. I guess below 1100 nm the photons are above the band gap of the barrier and something funny happens with the device. Maybe not, but if they don't demonstrate it, I'm not convinced. That would leave us with a slow photo-detector that is not that impressive at all...
The press release really reads like a bad peace of science fiction.