Building on his solo a few months back,
Compound Eyes of the World (covered), Andrew Schoultz debuted a new body of work last week at the Arkitip and Incase showspace in Los Angeles.
Hooke popularized microscopy in his 1665 masterpiece Micrographia, which included stunning engravings of fleas, mites and
the compound eyes of flies.
Whatever the case, the result is spectacular: Amid the moon's cool glow, thousands upon thousands of silvery droplets coalesce on Ephedra's cones to reflect the moonlight into
the compound eyes of passing insects, signaling the start of a weeklong feast for the arthropods and another mating season for E. foeminea.
It also had large eyes composed of many lenses like
the compound eyes of a fly.
The compound eyes of most arthropods contain thousands of tiny lenses, each of which resolves light to a point on a photoreceptor behind.
Not exact matches
there is endless evidence via fossils and other remains
of how certain cells evolved light sensitivity and spent billions
of years evolving through simple
compound eyes to what we see today; the myriad different
eyes used by species that presently inhabit the earth.
They are loaded with all sorts
of nutrients, including important brain nutrients and
compounds that can improve
eye health (11, 12).
One study published in the American Academy
of Optometry's Optometry & Vision Science journal found that using goji berry daily as a dietary supplementation for 90 days increases plasma zeaxanthin and antioxidant levels significantly, which protect
eyes from hypopigmentation and accumulation
of oxidative stress
compounds that can damage the macula.
Having an adequate supply
of these
compounds is associated with a reduced risk
of cataracts and macular degeneration, two common
eye conditions, according to a 2006 study.
During the course
of the arrest the man was sprayed with pepper spray, a chemical
compound which irritates the
eyes to cause tears, pain, and possibly temporary blindness.
Cosmetics were known thousands
of years ago in ancient Egypt, where lead
compounds were applied as foundation or
eye makeup.
The role
of bull's -
eye size in UV protection does not necessarily discount other environmental factors correlated with latitude; for example, ornithologists have argued that Gloger's rule arises because darker pigmentation comes from a
compound that protects feathers from bacteria in the wet, humid tropics.
It has a bejeweled body almost completely covered by a
compound eye, a multitude
of crystalline lenses.
At magnifications ranging from 10x to 5000x, the photographs reveal amazing details
of the honeybee's features, down to the hairs that protrude from its
compound eyes and the tiny hooks that hold its wings together.
The advantage derives from insects»
compound eyes, which scoop up visual information through hundreds or thousands
of visual receptors, called ommatidia, covering the
eye's curved surface.
Rogers and colleagues»
compound camera lens is modeled after the
eye of an ant (shown to scale in this composite illustration), giving it a wide field
of view and acute motion - sensing capability.
Each
of the honeybee's
compound eyes is made up
of thousands
of hexagonal, faceted lenses that can detect visible, ultraviolet, and polarized light.
Eyes in arthropods use compound designs, in which arrays of smaller eyes act together to provide image percept
Eyes in arthropods use
compound designs, in which arrays
of smaller
eyes act together to provide image percept
eyes act together to provide image perception.
Velcro is based on the stickers on a burr, and
compound optical lenses were certainly stimulated by the
eyes of insects.
Ophiocoma's skeleton, which is draped in a thin layer
of skin, is covered in bead - like crystal structures, which scientists thought worked together as a big
compound eye.
1989: Genghis The most famous
of MIT roboticist Rodney Brooks's insect bots, Genghis had six legs,
compound eyes, and six motion sensors tuned to the infrared band emitted by warm bodies.
Different combinations
of overexpressed and underexpressed proteins known to be responsible for corneal development in Drosophila may alter the nipple pattern to another pattern type and thus shed the light on chemical nature
of compounds, forming the Turing - type structures upon insect
eyes.
«Years
of careful developmental genetics has shown us how fruit flies built their
compound eyes and medial
eyes — or ocelli — from networks
of interacting genes,» says Morehouse.
When they sprinkled 0.25 percent
of daikon radish — an amount that's invisible to the
eye and undetectable to our taste buds — on the frozen broccoli, the two
compounds worked together to form sulforaphane, Dosz said.
«But at some evolutionary point and time in spiders the
compound eye likely split into one pair
of medial or central
eyes in the front and a pair
of lateral
compound eyes found on the sides
of the head.
Zoologists from Cologne and Lyon have succeeded in discovering the internal structure
of an approximately 160 million year old
compound eye (Dollocaris ingens van Straelen, 1923, Thylacocephala) from the Middle Jurassic period.
To promote the use
of the more expensive Lucentis, Genentech announced in 2007 that it would block Avastin's ophthalmic use by prohibiting its sales to
compounding pharmacies, but the company backed away from this plan after strong protests from
eye doctors.
The recent research work shows for the first time that the complete structure
of a
compound eye can be analysed and resolved.
Compound eyes, in which the «
eye» is really a cluster
of many smaller
eyes, supposedly evolved later from a pair
of legs that moved into the head and was modified to sense light.
Jun Tanida, who is developing another
compound -
eye camera at the University
of Osaka in Japan, is impressed that the team has marked out a path for industrial production and believes that the camera could appear in devices in five years.
Hooke, an early developer
of the
compound microscope, used his device to peer at the
eyes of flies, the stinger on a bee, hairs, bristles, sand particles, seeds, and more, noting every detail with both words and masterful illustrations.
You can see several
of the 760 units that make up the fly's
compound eyes, each is filled with photoreceptor cells.
The antennae extend upward (black
compound eyes behind them), the longer maxillary palps and shorter labial palps extend downward, and the paired paraglossae are on either side
of the mouth.
Once the larvae become adults they lose their optical arsenal in favour
of a
compound eye.
In the monophyletic model, these variations are less illustrative
of non-vertebrate types such as the arthropod (
compound)
eye, but as those
eyes are simpler to begin with, there are fewer intermediate stages to find.
To see the world from an insect's perspective, it helps to have a pair
of compound eyes, each composed
of several thousand separate light - detecting facets.
The photoreceptor neurons in each ommatidium, or small unit
of the
compound eye, are always eight in number.
A
compound that reverses the molecular cause
of cataract formation improves
eye lens transparency in mice.
An analysis
of pills recovered from a shipwreck off the coast
of Italy reveals them to contain zinc
compounds that were probably used as
eye medication.
«It was during this Cambrian period that many
of the most familiar traits associated with this group
of animals evolved, like a hard exoskeleton, jointed legs, and
compound (multi-faceted)
eyes that are shared by all arthropods.
Compounded with its abilities to flush the body
of toxins, it can actually help slow the aging process and maintain healthy, youthful skin (think fewer dark spots, fine lines, and wrinkles),
eyes, joints, and muscles.
Limonene, a zesty
compound in lime and other citrus fruits, gives many people watery
eyes and a burning sensation in the nose, according to James Wedner, MD, chief
of allergy and immunology at the Washington University School
of Medicine.
If a cleaning product is emitting fumes from these
compounds, you might feel a tickle in your throat, feel the urge to cough, get a headache, or experience burning or tearing
of the
eyes, nose, or throat, says Lori Shah, MD, a transplant pulmonologist at NewYork - Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Its
eye - catching shape looks great in a fruit salad or as an edible garnish on the rim
of a summer cocktail, and as an added bonus it's rich in antioxidants, especially epicatechin — a heart - healthy
compound also found in red wine, dark chocolate, and green tea.
Vitamin E, vitamin A, lutein, beta - carotene, and zeaxanthin are just some
of the most important
compounds that promote better
eye health.
Studies show that these
compounds deposit in the retina, the light - sensitive portion
of your
eye, and absorb ultraviolet light that could damage your vision.
The
compound also increases the potency
of vitamins C and E, both nutrients that protect the
eye's lens from harmful ultraviolet light.
The active
compounds of goji berry also come in capsule form, in standardized doses that can be taken on daily bases to improve
eye health and stimulate the immune system.
They are loaded with all sorts
of nutrients, including important brain nutrients and
compounds that can improve
eye health (11, 12).
Charging through the confines
of what resembles Tony Montana's
compound, Breacher and Co. off baddies without batting an
eye.