22-Year-Old Lidar Whiz Claims Breakthrough

Re:22-Year-Old Lidar Whiz Claims Breakthrough by stenl on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @02:24PM (#14403785)

Vampire bats use modified capsaicin (chili pepper) receptors in their nose to detect infrared light:

They use this to find their warm-bodied prey, but of course it's only detection, not vision.

I learned this today, and now I'm happy I did.

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Re:22-Year-Old Lidar Whiz Claims Breakthrough by vanderZwan on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @03:08AM (#14408077)

I was about to ask if you work where I do, then I saw your username, then I remembered that you hired me through HN..

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Re:22-Year-Old Lidar Whiz Claims Breakthrough by nsebban on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @12:07PM (#14411066)

You guys seem to have amazingly interesting jobs. Please hire me, I'm your future-colleague.

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Re:22-Year-Old Lidar Whiz Claims Breakthrough by hinkley on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @04:02PM (#14404751)

Pit vipers too. The pits are used to 'see' infrared.

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Re:22-Year-Old Lidar Whiz Claims Breakthrough by radarsat1 on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @06:34PM (#14405989)

Thank you. Definitely the coolest thing I will learn today.

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Re:22-Year-Old Lidar Whiz Claims Breakthrough by Kliment on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @05:39AM (#14408735)

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