The above photo by Andrew Tallon was taken at 10:30 pm! What I love about this image is it perfectly exemplifies that our moon is just a reflector for sunlight. So why don't we see our night landscape this way, if a camera can capture it? A number of fascinating factors! Our moon's albedo (the [...]
Read More albedo, astronomy, Moon Light, moonlight, night, optometry, photography, stars, visionLET THE OPTICAL ILLUSIONS CONTINUE!!! Ok, so first, read this: According to quantum mechanics we have forty conscious moments per second, and our brains connect this sequence of nows to create the illusion of the flow of time. So, what would things look like if that itermittence was made visible? This body of work explores that hiccup, [...]
Read More artists, Isabel M. Martinez, optical illusions, quantum blinkOk, now if I can just figure out how to put my finger that close to my eyeball, I'm golden! Yeah. I have never had a contact lens in my eye. Check this out – a bionic contact lens! Researchers at the technology company Innovega have developed (and are still developing) some pretty crazy stuff [...]
Read More bionic vision, digital sight, Innovega, The EyeThis is crazy. I just read a report in the journal The Lancet about a trial that's taking place with embryonic stem cells and human subjects with macular degeneration. The preliminary report actually shows that the patients have experienced some restoration of their vision. Two patients are being utilized in this study – one with Stargardt's [...]
Read More blind, eyesight, macular degeneration, medical, Stargardt's Dystrophy, stem cells, studies, vision, vision impariedTanya Vlach is looking for someone to help her invent a "bionic" eye that has a camera inside. Watch this: Tanya is looking for donors and engineers to help her create an experimental project featuring her prosthetic eye and a camera. It sucks that she had to experience such tragedy in order to have this [...]
Read More bionic vision, eye, Tanya Vlach, The Eye, vision technology