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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: 3, Informative) by sjames on Thursday March 20 2014, @09:57PM
On the other hand, back pain therapies from conventional medicine are generally guesses at best. The surgery routes seem to be about as effective as placebo (but with far more probability of making things much worse). Nobody has yet figured out how to distinguish the MRI of a person with debilitating back pain from that of a healthy person.
That doesn't legitimize the far fringes of Chiropracty, of course, but I know first hand that carefully popping the back can greatly relieve pain.