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There's nothing useful to deploy it on though--the 'future soldier' concept of the 90s never went anywhere (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Soldier https:/

There's nothing useful to deploy it on though--the 'future soldier' concept of the 90s never went anywhere (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Soldier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Soldier) and we don't have a computer platform on every soldier. IMHO I'd stick to using machine learning to detect stealth aircraft and missiles to improve intercepting them.

sillysaurusx 4y ago
Yes and no. Special ops forces could definitely make use of it. The hard part is ensuring the deployment equipment is reliable 99.99% of the time, since bugs on the battlefield get people killed.
spywaregorilla 4y ago
I've heard the javelin missile launchers have been great in ukraine because they can double as night / thermal vision. This concept seems similar to me. Never been on a battlefield but I guess it seems dubious that most modern soldiers don't have some form of digital aid?
- int_19h 4y ago
  Night vision is not digital, usually (digital NV exists, but it's not as good at amplifying as gen3 analog NV). Thermal has digital screens, but it's far less widespread than NV.
  - spywaregorilla 4y ago
    Why is that? I would assume digital night vision would be vastly superior catching a lot of edge cases like bright likes becoming blinding?
    - int_19h 4y ago
      I don't know the specifics when it comes to the physics of it, but analog NV amplification simply has more sensitivity than digital image sensors. Of course, you can still analog-amplify an image onto a camera sensor for further digital processing, but I don't think that's common. The particular case that you describe - automatically adjusting to ambient light - is handled adequately by analog circuits; this is called "auto-gating", and is pretty much standard nowadays.
- avereveard 4y ago
  High res termal are still significantly heavy.
ncmncm 4y ago
I liked that Ukrainian night sappers wear a ... cape made from a yoga mat to keep them invisible from IR scopes on drones.

sillysaurusx 4y ago

Yes and no. Special ops forces could definitely make use of it. The hard part is ensuring the deployment equipment is reliable 99.99% of the time, since bugs on the battlefield get people killed.

spywaregorilla 4y ago

I've heard the javelin missile launchers have been great in ukraine because they can double as night / thermal vision. This concept seems similar to me. Never been on a battlefield but I guess it seems dubious that most modern soldiers don't have some form of digital aid?

int_19h 4y ago
Night vision is not digital, usually (digital NV exists, but it's not as good at amplifying as gen3 analog NV). Thermal has digital screens, but it's far less widespread than NV.
- spywaregorilla 4y ago
  Why is that? I would assume digital night vision would be vastly superior catching a lot of edge cases like bright likes becoming blinding?
  - int_19h 4y ago
    I don't know the specifics when it comes to the physics of it, but analog NV amplification simply has more sensitivity than digital image sensors. Of course, you can still analog-amplify an image onto a camera sensor for further digital processing, but I don't think that's common. The particular case that you describe - automatically adjusting to ambient light - is handled adequately by analog circuits; this is called "auto-gating", and is pretty much standard nowadays.
avereveard 4y ago
High res termal are still significantly heavy.

ncmncm 4y ago

I liked that Ukrainian night sappers wear a ... cape made from a yoga mat to keep them invisible from IR scopes on drones.