The animal kingdom is home to creatures whose eyesight is sharper than ours. While humans rely on their sight for most daily activities, many animals depend on their vision to hunt, evade predators, ...

Before you know it, you’ll be a dragonfly expert! Dragonflies are known for their large compound eyes, elongated bodies, and two pairs of strong, transparent wings. The eyes are particularly ...

Biomimetic imaging systems, particularly those inspired by the compound eyes of insects, have gained significant attention in recent years. These systems aim to replicate the unique optical ...

The Subaru Telescope in Hawai‘i is adding a new instrument to its arsenal, one that will observe the cosmos through a compound eye. The compound eye will allow Subaru to observe about 2,400 ...

This limitation shares a surprising connection with the insect world, where most compound eyes excel at detecting motion but struggle with depth perception. Enter an unlikely hero in solving this ...

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The compound eyes of insects can detect fast-moving objects in parallel and, in low-light conditions, enhance sensitivity by integrating signals over time to determine motion. Inspired by these ...

Becker, E. 1942. Über Eigenschaften, Verbreitung und die genetischenentwickelungsphysiologische Bedeutung der Pigmente der Ommatin- und Ommingruppe (Ommochrome) bei ...

Still, this reduction process can only go so far – especially for structures like the eye, which have strict size limitations due to the laws of physics and the nature of light. Insects possess ...

A powerful compound eye likened to that of an insect will allow the telescope to simultaneously observe about 2,400 celestial bodies. This innovative eye can capture cosmic rainbows (spectra ...