Mantis shrimp inspires new breed of light sensors

Re:Mantis shrimp inspires new breed of light sensors by adolph on Thursday March 11, 2021 @01:00AM (#26420773)

Source paper: Mantis shrimp–inspired organic photodetector for simultaneous hyperspectral and polarimetric imaging

A detector is also experimentally demonstrated, which simultaneously registers four spectral channels and three polarization channels. The sensor showcases the myriad degrees of freedom offered by organic semiconductors that are not available in inorganics and heralds a fundamentally unexplored route for simultaneous spectral and polarimetric imaging.

https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/10/eabe3196.full

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Re:Mantis shrimp inspires new breed of light sensors by adolph on Thursday March 11, 2021 @01:05AM (#26420799)

Here is a graphic explanation of Mantis shrimp vision and the two appendages at the front of its body so powerful that they create light from water cavitation.

https://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp

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Re:Mantis shrimp inspires new breed of light sensors by navbaker on Thursday March 11, 2021 @09:23AM (#26424277)

Further exploration of the different types of mantis shrimp, courtesy of one of the best episodes of children's television out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9lV1_q20Zw&ab_channel=JeffM...

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Re:Mantis shrimp inspires new breed of light sensors by sradman on Thursday March 11, 2021 @05:04AM (#26422291)

Divers call them thumb splitters for a reason.

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