Lunettes/écran LCD pour les SEAL

[ekov]

NAVY SEALs getting fancy LCD sunglasses, will surely show up as DLC in next SOCOM game

We're still a few years away from getting some consumer-friendly LCD sunglasses, but wouldn't you know it the military's already rocking a pair. The Office of Naval Research TechSolutions department has delivered the first 30 sets of what it calls Fast-Tint Protective Eyewear (FTPE). They can change tint automatically based on exterior light, much like currently available prescription glasses, but thanks to their LCD construction can go from dark to clear in just a half-second. This means a SEAL squad could blow a door and infiltrate a room without having to ask the terrorists to hold their fire while everyone takes off their shades. Initial reports are good and SOCOM is planning on buying another 100 sets. Maybe by the time they're delivered someone will release a picture of the things and we won't have to use a random photo of camouflage shades like this one.

Update: Travis wrote in with a link to James Vaughan Photography, which has a few photos of prototype versions of these glasses. We've grabbed one.

[g4lly]

Fini les HMD, casque et autre lunette, demain c'est directement dans une lentille de contact que les infos seront affichée :) ... demain

http://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2011/11/25/une-lentille-de-contact-qui-affiche-des-donnees_1609016_3244.html