(Times of Israel) Shoshanna Solomon - Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed low-cost infrared sensors that can be used for night-vision glasses, smartphones, and self-driving cars. Prof. Gabby Sarusi has developed a film half a micron in thickness which transforms infrared images into visible images. The technology could help replace heavy night-vision goggles used by soldiers with lightweight, low-power consumption glasses. Such a device could be used on sensors for autonomous cars to improve vision in fog and darkness. Researchers at the university's Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology have also developed small, pollinating drones to make up for a lack of bees; wall-climbing, spiderlike robots for search and rescue operations; and fruit-picking robots.
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