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What is the context of this research?

Can human sight be augmented to see into the near infrared range through human formation of porphyropsin, the protein complex which grants infrared vision to freshwater fish?

What is the significance of this project?

While the ability to see outside the normal range of human perception is, in of itself, fairly exciting, being able to do so without cumbersome electronic equipment is doubly so.

The research results will be free, open source, and replicable by the layperson.

We are also hoping to use this study as a proof of concept to continue working on a more long term modification to human vision that doesn't rely on dietary restrictions / supplementation.

What are the goals of the project?

Funding will be used to purchase the equipment and parts needed for data acquisition. The collection of meaningful data is of utmost importance in all research, and your contribution will provide access to an electroretinograph; a device which is capable of measuring the changes which occur within the test subjects eyes. This data will be compared to that acquired from the control subjects in order to determine the range of deviation.