Images of soldiers sweeping through a compound in the dead of the night have frequented national news for decades. American soldiers dominate the night thanks to night vision goggles — but that ...

Editor’s Note: October 23, 2025: As veteran Contributor Justin Park begins testing a new round of night vision and thermal imaging gear, we’ve updated this story with some early frontrunners based on ...

When you think of night-vision goggles, you probably imagine the pitch black of night being illuminated in a sea of green that helps improve visibility. That’s ancient technology now as the US Army’s ...

A new way to make large ultrathin infrared sensors that don’t need cryogenic cooling could radically change night vision for the military or even autonomous vehicles. In a study published today in ...

From evening drives to navigating a house or a park in the dark, there are so many situations where it'd be handy to slip on a simple pair of night-vision lenses and the world that's beyond human ...

Now that night vision proactively warns of pedestrians and deer, it’s a clearer safety aid, especially in West Virginia. If only it cost $500 not $2,000. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

Mostly, these night vision things are all just really cool gadgets, and who doesn’t love really cool gadgets? Several years ago a Santa Barbara tech company called FLIR sent me one of its portable ...