Night Vision: Coating with Crystals Makes IR Visible

Australian National Researcher University (ANU) and Nottingham Trent University (NTU) developped a coating film with Gallium crystals able to make the infrared light visible. Gallium crystals convert for Infrared light invisible to the human eye in visible light components around.Previous infrared night vision devices use thermal cameras and play games. Dragomir Neshev, Director of the…

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Hector Fratty, DrivingVisionNews President and Founder has been for his entire career in automotive lighting. From 1995 to 2006, he was Valeo Lighting Systems’ chief of R&D, managing a staff of 650 engineers and technicians and a budget of over €70m. He holds 20 patents worldwide. In 2008, after 2 years’ consultancy, he initiated the launch of Driving Vision News, a news pipeline dedicated to keeping the lighting and driver assistance community informed of the latest progress and development in the industry. Hector Fratty presides over the highly‐regarded biennial VISION Congress international automotive lighting and driver assistance symposium. Hector Fratty is also a member of the ISAL steering committees.