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[newsDiscovery] Wanna be a Superhero? Get Night Vision Injected in Your Eyeballs

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Science for the Masses, a biohacker group based out of California, published an open-source research document detailing the experiment. The night-vision solution included a substance called Chlorin e6 (Ce6), found in some deep-sea fish, which has light-amplifying properties and has also been used for certain cancer treatments.
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The effect kicked in within an hour and lasted for a nonspecific "many hours," giving Licina night-vision - or low-light vision, to be precise - out to a range of about 50 meters, according to the research report. To gauge the effect, Licina and a control group of four other researchers performed a series of vision tests in a dark field.
http://news.discovery.com/tech/biotechnology/wanna-be-a-superhero-get-night-vision-injected-in-your-eyeballs-150326.htm

Cool beans - wonder though what is the long term effect on that persons eyes...

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from other source - to clean add better info:

http://www.newsweek.com/experimental-night-vision-eye-drops-let-you-see-dark-317399
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The team held Licina's eyes open while a small amount of solution was dropped onto the eyeballs using a pipette, and then given time to absorb. Licina then put on black contact lenses to avoid over-exposure to light.
 
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What happens if you are exposed to light?
 
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Isn't this pretty much just like having yours eyes dilated by an optometrist?
 
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Originally Posted by BulletSponge View Post

Isn't this pretty much just like having yours eyes dilated by an optometrist?
The one that makes your pupils huge? I think i had that done once.
 
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Originally Posted by ZealotKi11er View Post

What happens if you are exposed to light?
Probably the same thing that happens when you walk into a lighted room with NVG's on - Lights overexpose the eyes so, it's like a white, washed out blur...Also is rather painful...
 
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Chlorin e6 is used to treat night blindness - just in much lower dose.

Not sure if it belongs to the wide group of so called mydriatic medications = the ones that dilate your eyes.
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Originally Posted by Masked View Post

Just think of all the military applications this could be pushed to...
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Why endanger your eyes permanently if you have an instrument for same purpose - an instrument you can quickly take off if there's too much light.
 
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Originally Posted by mechati View Post

Chlorin e6 is used to treat night blindness - just in much lower dose.

Not sure if it belongs to the wide group of so called mydriatic medications = the ones that dilate your eyes.
Why endanger your eyes permanently if you have an instrument for same purpose - an instrument you can quickly take off if there's too much light.
Instruments break, get lost, get dirty, etc. Guy goes prone in a swamp wearing some thermoptics and splashes the lens he's as good as blind. 101 reasons these would be better in some situations than thermoptics, but not all situations. As with all military kit, you'll be given the optimal tools for the operation.
 
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Originally Posted by mechati View Post

Chlorin e6 is used to treat night blindness - just in much lower dose.

Not sure if it belongs to the wide group of so called mydriatic medications = the ones that dilate your eyes.
Why endanger your eyes permanently if you have an instrument for same purpose - an instrument you can quickly take off if there's too much light.
The thing is, with current technology, we could make the goggles auto-adjust to the brightness. So basically even that blinding effect can be mitigated.
 
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Originally Posted by Ganf View Post

Instruments break, get lost, get dirty, etc. Guy goes prone in a swamp wearing some thermoptics and splashes the lens he's as good as blind. 101 reasons these would be better in some situations than thermoptics, but not all situations. As with all military kit, you'll be given the optimal tools for the operation.
not sure these would be better: (from the second source)
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Licina explains what happens "It's subtle. It's not like 'oh my gosh I have super vision!'," he says.
"It's more like dark became dim, everything was a little brighter. Not a crazy noticeable light, burning and doom, but more a subtle, 'oh I can see a thing!'"
 
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Originally Posted by mechati View Post

Chlorin e6 is used to treat night blindness - just in much lower dose.

Not sure if it belongs to the wide group of so called mydriatic medications = the ones that dilate your eyes.
Why endanger your eyes permanently if you have an instrument for same purpose - an instrument you can quickly take off if there's too much light.
Why do people get PRK? Lasik?

The same argument was used for those enchantments - Now they're common.

Perhaps one day we'll have NVC's - Night vision contacts...Until then, until you've worn a pair of NVG's and crawled through the field - you just don't understand.

They're heavy...Flipping them up is not instantaneous and they drop back down 1/2 the time...Oh, and then there's the non-existent depth-perception...
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Originally Posted by farmdve View Post

The thing is, with current technology, we could make the goggles auto-adjust to the brightness. So basically even that blinding effect can be mitigated.
Eh, not so much.

You can adjust some of the brightness but, there's not going to be an auto-adjust for a very long time. IMO.
 
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Jack: Where the hell can I get eyes like that?
Riddick: Gotta kill a few people.
Jack: 'Kay, I can do it.
Riddick: Then you got to get sent to a slam, where they tell you you'll never see daylight again. You dig up a doctor, and you pay him 20 menthol Kools to do a surgical shine job on your eyeballs.
Jack: So you can see who's sneaking up on you in the dark?
Riddick: Exactly.
RIDDICK!
 
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Originally Posted by Masked View Post

Why do people get PRK? Lasik?

The same argument was used for those enchantments - Now they're common.

Perhaps one day we'll have NVC's - Night vision contacts...Until then, until you've worn a pair of NVG's and crawled through the field - you just don't understand.

They're heavy...Flipping them up is not instantaneous and they drop back down 1/2 the time...Oh, and then there's the non-existent depth-perception...
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Eh, not so much.

You can adjust some of the brightness but, there's not going to be an auto-adjust for a very long time. IMO.
You are forgetting one big drawback of lasik - you molding the cornea. What do doctors tell you after the surgery - no extensive exercise, no professional sports, etc. If you do - you do at your own risk with super increased probability of your eyes going bust.

Why people do it? For comfort - you don't have to adjust your glasses, dont need to clean them when you enter from cold street to warm room...

With time, when we improve the chemicals used, maybe the process will be more viable than it is now. Especially
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They also warn in the paper that the application of Chlorin e6 could cause damage to the cellular structure of the eye.
But, I guess, that why there are people like Licina, that are willing to take the risk...
 
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Originally Posted by ryboto View Post

RIDDICK!
If it gives me quicksilver irises I'm in day one, pre-order collector's edition with a serial numbered signature.

Sign my eyeball please.
 
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Originally Posted by mechati View Post

You are forgetting one big drawback of lasik - you molding the cornea. What do doctors tell you after the surgery - no extensive exercise, no professional sports, etc. If you do - you do at your own risk with super increased probability of your eyes going bust.

Why people do it? For comfort - you don't have to adjust your glasses, dont need to clean them when you enter from cold street to warm room...

With time, when we improve the chemicals used, maybe the process will be more viable than it is now. Especially

But, I guess, that why there are people like Licina, that are willing to take the risk...
Actually, this is incorrect, since people mostly lump PRK and Lasik, together.

I played a sport at the professional level and I had PRK done...At the suggestion of my doctors, actually...

I've gotten in 3/4 barfights. Had 3/4 concussions. Been hit in the eye numerous times - Not a singular issue on either side.

Lasik is another story since they're installing a contact but, that's why folks in our military get PRK done and not Lasik.
 
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Would be great if you were nocturnal...

Would be blind in the day due to over exposure...
 
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Originally Posted by Masked View Post

Actually, this is incorrect, since people mostly lump PRK and Lasik, together.

I played a sport at the professional level and I had PRK done...At the suggestion of my doctors, actually...

I've gotten in 3/4 barfights. Had 3/4 concussions. Been hit in the eye numerous times - Not a singular issue on either side.

Lasik is another story since they're installing a contact but, that's why folks in our military get PRK done and not Lasik.
Glad you had good results with it.
The only thing that does not put my mind at ease is every eye doctor I went to, young, old, male, female ... wears glasses
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