While night vision goggles, with which one can also see infrared light, have been around for a long time, these contact lenses boast a few key advancements.

A team in China has woven tiny, light-converting particles into soft contact lenses, granting wearers the power to perceive infrared light both in the dark and, surprisingly, with their eyes closed.

Scientists have developed infrared contact lenses that they say allow people to see in the dark — and more shockingly, see with their eyes closed.