Firefighters will actually be able to see through flames thanks to infrared hologram technology, a new study in Italy has found.
Researchers created a system that cuts through smoke with infrared lasers. The lasers bounce off of anything—people, furniture, pets—and go back through an imager to show the firefighters a 3D view of everything around them. Current infrared camera monitors firefighters use are much more limited. They can be blinded by thick smoke and flames because they have a lens that must zoom in on light. Smoke, for example, makes it hard to focus.
via Gizmodo
