A REVOLUTIONARY night-vision system developed for the Dutch military makes night-time video images look as clear and colourful as those shot in broad daylight.
The idea was to improve on the fuzzy grey or green pictures that are the hallmark of today’s night-vision systems. Although these monochrome images are an improvement on unaided night vision, their lack of colour can make them hard to interpret.
Full-colour night vision would help emergency services and the military better assess their surroundings, says Alex Toet of the TNO research lab in Soesterberg, the Netherlands, who led the team that developed the system. He…
