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Notes on the resolution and other details of the human eye
- albertcardona 17y agoCurrent silicon retina, which exploit similar event-based "pixels" (as opposed to frame-based scans), are way below the eye's resolution, but can still do so much: http://siliconretina.ini.uzh.ch http://siliconretina.ini.uzh.ch Makes me wonder what the tiny composite eyes of insects can do in a complex environment like a forest.
- yannis 17y agoYou can easily see one millionth of an inch. During my training as a Mechanical Engineer we did some work at a metrology lab. We used what in the US is called a Gauge block http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauge_block http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauge_block . If you set two gauge blocks by one millionth difference you can see the light between them. Also don't forget the human eye can see as far as a few light years - think stars! By the way the Wikipedia article on Gauge blocks is also very inspirational for any aspiring inventors/enterpreneurs.