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You have to get very close to the eyes of reptile to see how beautiful they really are. What, you don’t want to do that? Then you can see them the easy way, in a series of close-up photographs at Environmental Graffiti. The eye shown here belongs to a chameleon. Link
(Image credit: Flickr user Umberto Salvagnin)
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Heterochromia means eyes that come in two different colors. Complete heterochromia means the color of the left eye is completely different from the color of the right eye. In cats, this most often occurs in white cats or cats that have the white-spotted gene, but can occur in any color of cat. See a collection of beautiful odd-eyed cats at Environmental Graffiti. Link
(Image credit: Flickr user P!XELTREE)
Designer Yoni Alter made this adorable print featuring the eyes of a variety of famous cartoon characters? Can you name them all? If not, don’t worry, she also released a cheat sheet for the poster.
Link Via BoingBoing
Suren Manvelyan, Nylus Crocodile, 2011
A couple of years ago, Armenian photographer Suren Manvelyan was a bit of an Internet sensation… even if only behind-the-scenes. His macro photo collection, “Your Beautiful Eyes,” was shared nearly everywhere online and published in Daily Mail, The Independent, the Telegraph, La Reppublica, and Liberation. Now Manvelyan is back with a slightly different focus, this time shooting animal eyes. The variation in these extreme closeups reveals not only the varying pupil shapes you’d expect in different animals, but also the differing complexity of the creatures’ ocular evolution. It’s a beautiful gallery, which we hope he’ll be expanding soon. Link | via Flavorwire
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories made a whole herd of googly eyes that can be stuck on most metal surfaces temporarily. The possibilities are endless! So, they posted the instructions plus a gallery of examples. They also invite you to make your own and send in pictures of what you do with them. Where would you stuck your googly eyes? Link
As amazing as human eyes are, other species have developed ways of seeing that will astound you.
Scientists are discovering new structures and adaptations all the time. There are eyes with mirrors, eyes with optical fibres, and eyes with bifocal lenses. There are eyes that see in the dark, move around heads, or go into sleep mode. There are even eyes made of rock. This slideshow will take you on a tour of some of these recent eye-opening discoveries.
Pictured is a box jellyfish, which has 24 eyes of two different types. Link
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Suren Manvelyan is a photographer and physics teacher. He’s created a series of detailed images of the human eye called “Your Beautiful Eyes”:
The 34-year-old from Yerevan, Armenia, explains: ‘It is quite natural when you shoot macro shots of insects and plants, but to try to make a picture of the eye? I did not expect these results.
‘I was not aware they are of such complicated appearance. Everyday we see hundreds of eyes but do not even suspect they have such beautiful structure, like surfaces of unknown planets.’
Link via Nerdcore | Photo by Suren Manvelyan used under Creative Commons license
An Israeli company called ID-U Biometrics thinks that the patterns of eyeball movement are unique to each individual, and are therefore a definitive means of identifying people:
In ID-U Biometrics’ system, the user has to watch a moving object onscreen, while the camera observes the motion of their eyes. Since the way our eyes move is based on a combination of factors –such as anatomy, physiology, behavioral characteristics, eye structure–it’s a signature that simply can’t be duplicated or forged, according to its developers.[...]
This approach differs radically from eye-related biometrics we’ve written about previously, such as iris scanning. Iris scanning systems rely on matching the image of your iris structure with a stored pattern of your iris. In contrast, the pattern the ID-U technology is based on consists of dynamic movements made by your eyes as they track a target, something that cannot be controlled or learned. “Most of the eye movement components are involuntary, and we are not aware of them at all,” says Palti-Wasserman.
Link | Photo by Flickr user CJ Sorg used under Creative Commons license
Previously: Ear Scanning as a Means of Identifying People
Artist Jessica Harrison is currently working on a practice-based PhD in Sculpture (apparently, there is such a thing) and while her artwork is intriguing, it is absolutely undeniable that she makes one of the strangest art videos you’ll see today.
Behold, Mouth Eyes and Flylashes [embedded Vimeo clips]. I’ll see you in my nightmare tonight, Jessica!
Research by psychologists at the University of Utah has led to the development of a new lie detection system that tracks the activities of a subject’s eyes:
Using eye movement to detect lies contrasts with polygraph testing. Instead of measuring a person’s emotional reaction to lying, eye-tracking technology measures the person’s cognitive reaction. To do so, the researchers record a number of measurements while a subject is answering a series of true-and-false questions on a computer. The measurements include pupil dilation, response time, reading and rereading time, and errors.
The researchers determined that lying requires more work than telling the truth, so they look for indications that the subject is working hard. For example, a person who is being dishonest may have dilated pupils and take longer to read and answer the questions. These reactions are often minute and require sophisticated measurement and statistical modeling to determine their significance.[...]
Besides measuring a different type of response, eye-tracking methods for detecting lies has several other benefits over the polygraph. Eye tracking promises to cost substantially less, require one-fifth of the time currently needed for examinations, require no attachment to the subject being tested, be available in any language and be administered by technicians rather than qualified polygraph examiners.
Link via DVICE | Photo by Flickr user orangeacid used under Creative Commons license
SensoMotoric and the Free University of Berlin have developed a technology that allows a person to steer a car by moving his eyes. A camera tracks the eyes’ movements and a computer uses this data to direct the car’s steering column. The above video shows a car and driver set up with the gadgetry maneuvering around Tempelhof Airport.
via CrunchGear | Company Website
Sea urchins don’t technically have eyes, but they can "see," according to Sonke Johnsen of Duke University:
The spiky body of a sea urchin acts as one big, spine-covered eye, confirms a new study that tested how well urchins can see.
Sea urchins, like their close relatives the sea stars (starfish), don’t technically have eyes. Instead, the ball-like invertebrates detect light striking their spines and compare the beams intensities to get a sense of their surroundings.
Photo: Quinton Robinson
National Geographic reader Quinton Robinson took this amazing photo of a Madagascar giant leaf tailed gecko that looked at the world with trippy colored eyes!
Yet another amazing photo from the Your Shot Daily Dozen selection by photo editor Susan Welchman: Link [September, week 2]
The freakiest video clip you’ll see today: behold the man who can bug his eyes out (and watch him gently tap the back of his head to return everything back to where they belong).
Why, you’re welcome. Hit play or go to Link [Break]
Previously on Neatorama: 10 Things That Are (Almost) Impossible To Do With Your Body
