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 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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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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