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    Image of maven2k maven2k
    10/26/09

    In reply to Shrimp Eye Tech Could Improve Gadgets
    If I'm not mistaken the Mantis Shrimp beat their prey over the head to stun them with a really swift punch. I saw that on Head Games a couple weeks ago, heh. #shrimpeyesensors
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    Image of Animal_Chin Animal_Chin
    10/26/09

    In reply to Shrimp Eye Tech Could Improve Gadgets
    I accidentally got one of these when I bought some uncured live rock for my marine aquarium. It proceeded to kill every other living creature in my tank within a week (including a hapless sand dollar). It also dug a cave in another piece of rock which it would crawl into and block the entrance with debris each evening. Although mine was only about 4" long, the force of the strike of a large Californian species approaches that of a 22 caliber bullet, and is capable of breaking double layered safety glass. They are, weight for weight, probably the most formidable animals alive. And since they can see polarized light, they can see you through the glass of the tank. I eventually had to drain my tank and start from scratch to get rid of it. #shrimpeyesensors
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    Image of Jux Jux
    10/26/09

    In reply to Shrimp Eye Tech Could Improve Gadgets
    Mantistry! They should've sent a mantis. #shrimpeyesensors
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/26/09

    In reply to Shrimp Eye Tech Could Improve Gadgets
    The mantis shrimp is neither shrimp or mantis, it's an archangelpod sent from the FSM.
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    Image of 32ndnote 32ndnote
    10/26/09

    In reply to Shrimp Eye Tech Could Improve Gadgets
    Avatar must look so lame compared to Mantis Shrimp movies. #shrimpeyesensors
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/26/09

    In reply to Shrimp Eye Tech Could Improve Gadgets
    A face only a mother could love.

    Or Bubba Gump. #shrimpeyesensors
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    10/26/09

    @Curves: I'm sure I can learn to love how it tastes. However it tastes. #shrimpeyesensors
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/26/09

    @Curves: We dunt eat man-tis shr-imp. Lt. I tr-ied, but since Lt. Dan said I make gojillions of dollars, I can have my fin-gers sewn back on with no trouble atall. #shrimpeyesensors
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    Image of SudiptiEquestridomus SudiptiEquestridomus
    10/26/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: pretty damn good. I had it in Thailand. I would say better than lobster but not as good as rock lobster.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    10/26/09

    @SudiptiEquestridomus: Did someone say Rock Lobster? #shrimpeyesensors
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    Image of Ehrich Blackhound Ehrich Blackhound
    10/26/09

    In reply to Shrimp Eye Tech Could Improve Gadgets
    So, what's the point of everyone's 32 bit color displays if we can only make out 10,000 colors?! And how did this lowly shrimp get color acuity that deep? As a human, I am outraged...OUTRAGED I say!!! :p #shrimpeyesensors
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    met2art promoted this comment Ehrich Blackhound was starred Ehrich Blackhound was unstarred
    Image of met2art met2art
    10/26/09

    @Ehrich Blackhound: According to many estimates, the human visual system can distinguish about ten million different colors. However, that doesn't mean all at once. Limits on cone/rod density, nerve impulse frequency (which directly corrolates to color perception) and concurrent enzyme production limit the number of simultaneously distinguished colors into the 10,000 range. That could be considerably higher or lower depending on intensity, contrast and individual genetic propensity for color sensitivy. (Recent studies show about ten percent of women to have an active gene making them nearly tetrachromatic. They are sensitive to a much higher range of color perception, and the genetic make up of male versus female chromatic sensitivities varies markedly (based on the X chromosome), giving females a potentially higher likelihood of having wider objective color perception.

    A 1600x1200 monitor can only display slightly a maximum of under 2 million colors simultaneously (but would be "noise" if it did so). A 32-bit color system provides ranges for better tonal gradation within ranges that we can visually detect (even if we may not notice all of them). But, having a broader selection for smoother color gradients, plus our ability to distinguish between many million more, makes for a (potentially) much more vibrant and realistically colored image. #shrimpeyesensors
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    10/26/09

    In reply to Shrimp Eye Tech Could Improve Gadgets
    What is the evolutionary reason that their eyesight needs to see so many colors? #shrimpeyesensors
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    Image of Anonymoose Anonymoose
    10/26/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: : mantis shrimp cinema is much more advanced than ours. all of our best movies are just pale imitations of their originals. that's right. we stole lawrence of arabia, bridge over the river kwai, sisterhood of the traveling pants, etc. from the shrimp. #shrimpeyesensors
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    Image of christian.denney christian.denney
    10/26/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: Male mantis shrimp gauge each others strength based on extremely complicated visual displays and color patterns. This can actually lead to bluffing when one male has recently molted and so is vulnerable, but will still have the same color patterns.

    It allows males to establish dominance without fighting since their strikes are fast enough to cause light when the cavitation bubbles collapse. There are a lot of other proposed reasons as well, check out wikipedia. These animals are really cool

    (marine biology major here)
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    Image of Adam Grow Adam Grow
    10/26/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: : [en.wikipedia.org] #shrimpeyesensors
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    Image of Anonymoose Anonymoose
    10/26/09

    In reply to Shrimp Eye Tech Could Improve Gadgets
    and i thought the noble shrimp had peaked at being coconut butterflied and deep fried. this will be the greatest shrimp related innovation since easy peel shrimp. #shrimpeyesensors
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    10/26/09

    In reply to Shrimp Eye Tech Could Improve Gadgets
    Forget that. Let's invent Mantis Shrimp-inspired weaponry instead! #shrimpeyesensors
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    Image of Span_Wolf Span_Wolf
    10/26/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: I second this, I'd raise my hand in approval, but a mantis shrimp took it off in a single blinding strike. #shrimpeyesensors
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    05/27/09

    In reply to Fullpower's Motion Sensing Concept Knows What You're Doing
    Well, for some that might be a problem, but thanks to the cams, it doesn't phase me if I know I may being watched.
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    Image of Mac the Tard Mac the Tard
    05/27/09

    In reply to Fullpower's Motion Sensing Concept Knows What You're Doing
    You could incorporate that tech into a porn movie and it would know when you are...
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    05/27/09

    @bleuray vs. honeydijondvd: Sorry, I HATE POV porn.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    05/08/09

    In reply to New Hipster Affectation: Urban Oil Prospecting (Cardigan Not Included)
    Is my neighborhood "hip"?


    Gentrification got shut down so there's a fair amount of strollers but not many. The top three floors of my building are white and the bottom three are ethnically diverse. We've got a French bistro on the corner, a Socialist jazz bar/coffeehouse 5 blocks away, a haute cuisine restaurant 4 blocks away, and a couple of dive bars.


    Also, until last week, I was bearded. I wear black-rim glasses (think 1960's Mission Control) and carry a WNYC messenger bag with me wherever I go.


    Am I hip enough for this product?

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    Image of Ozzie's Secret Code Name: MisterWho Ozzie's Secret Code Name: MisterWho
    05/08/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Where do you live, near Courtelyou Rd.?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    05/08/09

    @misterwho: Newkirk Ave.


    I live on the same street as Philip J. Fry.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    05/08/09

    In reply to New Hipster Affectation: Urban Oil Prospecting (Cardigan Not Included)
    Has anyone tried Urban Oil Prospecting in Prospect park in NYC? Seems like the perfect place.
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    Image of Griffehpoo Griffehpoo
    05/08/09

    In reply to New Hipster Affectation: Urban Oil Prospecting (Cardigan Not Included)
    That's not ironic! That's just coincidental!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    05/08/09

    @Griffehpoo: I thought you were quoting anyone who heard "Ironic" by Alanis Morrisette
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