Mobile phone look through dark night

The new technology will shrink the size of dark, night-vision goggles, down the coin and allow manufacturers to attach them to cell phones or eyeglasses.

New-look night vision can be attached to your mobile phone. Photo: Discovery.

It is convenient if the cell phone is always in your pocket to help you see in the dark. It is no different than the night vision devices used by the military. The device consists of a set of lenses and electronic components that allow the soldier to see in the dark to fight in the night. The thing is they are too bulky, heavy and expensive.

Discovery reports that material engineers are now able to replace the night vision with an accessory that can be attached to a cell phone, eyeglass, or if you are driving at night. on the windshield. The advantages of the new device are small, light and cheap.

Most standard night vision devices work by converting photons, particles that make up light, into electrons that strike a luminescent screen and produce images you can see with the naked eye. To do this, you need to have a strong power source and heavy glass components.

The new idea that engineers think is to make a detector with organic semiconductor layers connected to a luminescence diode, often abbreviated as LED. LED will make you see the image of things with the naked eye.

The most remarkable thing about this is that a device similar to that used in the military has been miniaturized to a mere penny. Instead of glass, it can be made of plastic. According to the researchers, the parts made to fit into the cellphone or glasses are not expensive. Attaching it to the windshield makes you comfortable driving in the dark.