A fabric with vision

Singapore's new digital camo. Almost feels like midway between cadpat and marpat. "To counter detection by night vision devices, the material used in the new SAF combat uniform was given Near Infra-red (NIR) treatment to ensure that every colour in the camouflage pattern reflected a different wavelength. This maintains the pixelised camouflage effect when viewed through night vision devices." -- source

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France's FELIN helmet has a wide-angle day / night camera and an osteo-microphone fitted in the headband. -- source

Researchers create flexible lensless camera from web of light-detecting fibers

Imagine a soldier's uniform made of a special fabric that allows him to look in all directions and identify threats that are to his side or even behind him. In work that could turn such science fiction into reality, MIT researchers have developed light-detecting fibers that, when weaved into a web, act as a flexible camera. Fabric composed of these fibers could be joined to a computer that could provide information on a small display screen attached to a visor, providing the soldier greater awareness of his surroundings. -- Read Story

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Which uniform would you want to wear into battle? Optical brighteners in many laundry detergents make the Airman battle Uniform more detectable by night vision equipment. At far right, the photo illustration demonstrates how a uniform washed in laundry detergent with optical brightener additives would look under an ultraviolet light, while the left side shows how it looks when washed without the optical brighteners. (photo by Senior Airman Stephen Cadette) -- source