Smart goggles let helicopter pilots see through fog

摘要

Bad weather can be extremely dangerous for small business jets or helicopters because they don't come equipped with the automatic landing aids that big jets have. Now smart goggles dubbed Sky lens will give pilots a better view of their surroundings in an emergency. Multispectral cameras embedded in the aircraft's nose will feed video to the goggles, providing clear, wrap-around images of the terrain. Sky lens also displays information such as altitude, speed and an artificial horizon to help the pilot keep the aircraft level. A depth-sensing camera on the instrument panel tracks head motion - so the images move with the pilot's head.