http://hybridvigor.org/2007/02/05/geckos-see-color-at-night/ Improving decisions and outcomes through collaboration and deliberation Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:08:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://hybridvigor.org/2007/02/05/geckos-see-color-at-night/comment-page-1/#comment-483 “Intervention: Confronting the Real Risks of Genetic Engineering and Life on a Biotech Planet” Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0000 http://hybridvigor.net/2007/02/05/geckos-see-color-at-night/#comment-483 [...] While poking around on the organization’s site, I came across Caruso’s blog. She writes about many things with wit and humor, and posts like this make me appreciate her choices the most. Did you know that geckos see in color at night? It has always been assumed (that’s where we get in trouble…) that nocturnal animals see in black-and-white, albeit better than we do in the dark. But it turns out that frogs, toads, wasps, bees and even creatures in the deepest oceans may be seeing in color. It is a beautiful world, after all. 2 Comments so far Leave a comment [...] [...] While poking around on the organization’s site, I came across Caruso’s blog. She writes about many things with wit and humor, and posts like this make me appreciate her choices the most. Did you know that geckos see in color at night? It has always been assumed (that’s where we get in trouble…) that nocturnal animals see in black-and-white, albeit better than we do in the dark. But it turns out that frogs, toads, wasps, bees and even creatures in the deepest oceans may be seeing in color. It is a beautiful world, after all. 2 Comments so far Leave a comment [...]

]]> http://hybridvigor.org/2007/02/05/geckos-see-color-at-night/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Michael Ferrari Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:26:19 +0000 http://hybridvigor.net/2007/02/05/geckos-see-color-at-night/#comment-94 This is a great paper - I have some of these same thoughts myself. As a researcher in remote sensing and computer vision, my lab oftentimes is trying to come up with new algorithms for how to represent visual objects, as the information that is retrieved in different wavelengths is usually not visible to humans. Snakes are fantastic organisms to model new visual systems after, owing a great deal to the selective pressures that have allowed them to develop such acute visual perception following the loss of their limbs. Another example of tecnology getting inspiration from nature. This is a great paper – I have some of these same thoughts myself. As a researcher in remote sensing and computer vision, my lab oftentimes is trying to come up with new algorithms for how to represent visual objects, as the information that is retrieved in different wavelengths is usually not visible to humans. Snakes are fantastic organisms to model new visual systems after, owing a great deal to the selective pressures that have allowed them to develop such acute visual perception following the loss of their limbs. Another example of tecnology getting inspiration from nature.

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