With bloated bellies and hairy legs, female flies try to look bigger to get food from courting mates. But male flies, in turn, have sharpened their eyesight to call their bluff. A new study suggests ...

The first complete 3D reconstruction of the compound eye of a minute wasp species sheds light on the nuts and bolts of size reduction.

Developed by Soliddd Corp, this innovative technology, showcased at CES 2025, represents the “first true vision correction” for one of the leading causes of blindness: macular degeneration.

Discover how scientists have taken inspiration from praying mantises to create artificial compound eyes that revolutionize 3D ...

Optical illusions are interesting images that can play with your perception and trick your mind. A good number of them are used as intelligence tests, and others are just only entertaining stuff ...

To address this issue, the research team adopted an approach similar to insect vision, utilizing multiple optical channels and temporal summation. Unlike traditional monocular camera systems ...

Macular degeneration is one of the leading causes of vision loss, affecting millions worldwide, especially those over 60.

Figure 1. (A) Vision in a fast-eyed insect. Reflected light from swiftly moving objects sequentially stimulates the photoreceptors along the individual optical channels called ommatidia ...

To address this issue, the research team adopted an approach similar to insect vision, utilizing multiple optical channels and temporal summation. Unlike traditional monocular camera systems ...