http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/12/what-would-it-be-like-to-see-infrared-light/ Keeping You Current Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:42:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/12/what-would-it-be-like-to-see-infrared-light/comment-page-1/#comment-2626 Nick Davis Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:44:51 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=8283#comment-2626 Did they look at the vision of Colour Pattern Defective subjects? The Royal Air Force, at the end of WWII, had to delist pilots to cut numbers, this was done medically (no perfect colour vision = no pilot) a lot were moved to other aircrew (Navigators, Bomb Aimers, etc). As a by product of this they found that Aimers could "see through" camouflage because it is attuned to normal vision wavelengths. In my own experience camouflage looks, to me, as a great pink splodge on the landscape visible from several thousand feet. I understand there have been many classified projects to make use of this condition; and in the Australian Army these people are utilised in many different positions to take advantage of this anomaly, or at least my Company Commander did. Please pass this on. Did they look at the vision of Colour Pattern Defective subjects?
The Royal Air Force, at the end of WWII, had to delist pilots to cut numbers, this was done medically (no perfect colour vision = no pilot) a lot were moved to other aircrew (Navigators, Bomb Aimers, etc).
As a by product of this they found that Aimers could “see through” camouflage because it is attuned to normal vision wavelengths. In my own experience camouflage looks, to me, as a great pink splodge on the landscape visible from several thousand feet.
I understand there have been many classified projects to make use of this condition; and in the Australian Army these people are utilised in many different positions to take advantage of this anomaly, or at least my Company Commander did.
Please pass this on.

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]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/12/what-would-it-be-like-to-see-infrared-light/comment-page-1/#comment-2542 Kathy Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:47:00 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=8283#comment-2542 Wow,that concept video by Superflux is very cool! Wow,that concept video by Superflux is very cool!

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