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Scientists have invented a unique camera that allows you to see the world through the eyes of animals. Experience colors the way animals see them • Technology (ua-stena.info)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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A camera that allows you to see the world through the eyes of animals Scientists have created a new type of camera that allows people to see the world the way animals see it.

This technology opens up new possibilities for studying animal behavior.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Haven't read the article for reasons, but I find it difficult to believe. There are tricks to get us to see colors that we are otherwise incapable of perceiving due to our eyes, but they are very much edge cases and rely on afterimages or having the brain do the math instead of the rods and cones.

So how does this work?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

It's using false colors like we do with images from telescopes that are outside our visual range. So we're not seeing it as they do, the camera is and can represent the color to us.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

The camera is equipped with special filters and sensors that simulate the vision of various species of animals, including birds, insects and sea creatures.

It allows us to reproduce the unique features of animal vision, such as the ability to see ultraviolet or polarized light.

The article says it can do it with 92% accuracy, which seems pretty good TBH.