MultiCam® camouflage pattern

State of deployment: It is a camouflage pattern originating from a private company, so anyone can have it upon request. However, it has also caught the attention of some armies – recently, particularly the US Army, where this camouflage pattern has served well as universal camouflage in Afghanistan.

After many successful testing attempts, after proving itself directly in combat conditions, that it is excellent and after becoming the official US Army camouflage pattern for Afghanistan in 2010, it is clear that the MultiCam^® camouflage pattern is top-notch in its field.

What is "Near Infrared Spectroscopy"?

The abbreviation NIRS literally means "Near Infrared Spectroscopy" and it is a spectroscopic method that deals with the near-infrared part of the known electromagnetic spectrum (approximately from 800 nm to 2500 nm). And why is it used? Because compared to mid-infrared spectroscopy, NIRS penetrates noticeably and significantly deeper.

On the other hand, this method is not particularly sensitive, but its clear advantages include that before processing, the sample does not need to be excessively modified and adjusted. Just like with the sample itself, the use of this method is broad and universal: today, it can be found in medical diagnostics (oximetry, blood sugar level, …), in pharmacy, agrochemistry, as well as in food control or very unexpectedly in combustion research.

A clear advantage of this method for medicine is also the small size of the respective spectrometer + its accuracy. It performs remarkably well in brain research in newborns, where other methods (PET or fMRI) cannot be legally conducted in many countries.