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Originally Posted by freebeard
Apparently jet pilots have a visor that can darken in one *illionth of a second to protect their eyes from nuclear blasts. Or so they tell them.
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A little like an auto darkening welding helmet.
The technology is roughly 15 years old now.
My cheap auto darkening welding helmet darkens in roughly 3.3e-5 seconds.
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