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The near-infrared photoactive polymer absorbs more near-infrared light but is less sensitive to visible light, balancing solar cell performance and transparency in the visible wavelength region.
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Hubble's historic view is actually a combination of two separate images taken by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and its Near Infrared Camera and Multi-object Spectrometer (Nicmos).
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One technique that Jackson and colleagues use to harness brain signals is called functional near-infrared spectroscopy.
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The glasses are equipped with a near-infrared light source, which confuses the software without affecting vision.
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The near-infrared light "appends noise to photographed images without affecting human visibility, " he said.
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Current solar power largely ignores near-infrared light and wastes about 40 percent of the potential energy it could harness.
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The VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) survey is an ESO public survey dedicated to scanning the southern plane and bulge of the Milky Way through five near-infrared filters.
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The Nicmos sees even farther than the ACS - to the most distant galaxies yet recorded - because the expanding Universe has stretched their light into the near-infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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It's also packing motion control sensors, haptic feedback, dual speakers, shoulder buttons, left and right rear triggers, a microphone, an infrared sensor, near-field communication support, a front-facing camera and a rechargeable battery (it even has its own power adapter).
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