Scientists have previously known that the mantis shrimp has highly sophisticated eyesight; however, they are now finding real-world applications mimicking this eyesight. These shrimp can see in twelve different colors, as opposed to three colors for humans. They can also see different kinds of light, which create sharp 3-D images. The shrimp’s eye cells are similar to CD and DVD player functions. They are both able to convert and store light. However, shrimp are able to see more types of light than CD and DVD players. If researchers can perfect a design to make it similar to the shrimp’s tube-like cell membranes, the clarity and sophistication of technology can greatly increase.
This new application has many benefits. Not only will the quality of society’s CD and DVD players improve, but the concept of understanding light perception can also lead to new steps toward creative technology. By understanding the physics of light waves and how they are seen by humans and animals, scientists will be able to apply it to new technology in the future.
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It always surprises me when scientists come up with new, even more advanced technology than what already exists. Technology is continuing to advance and it seems like it has no peak. It just continues and continues to develop. It also surprises me how much technology is inspired by nature. There are billions of creatures in the world, many of which have already inspired technology today. There are so many creatures in the world that the inspirations for new, more advanced technology are endless. Who knows what animal will inspire our next game console or computer software or any other tehcnology in our life.
It is amazing how something as inferior as a shrimp can have the the most complex eyesight known to man. They have light-sensitive cells in their eyes that perform the similar functions of CD and DVD players. These shrimps are able to covert light into different forms and store them. They can do this across the entire spectrum of light, which is much less than what DVDs and CDs can do.
This discovery can lead to better optical devices that are similar to the eyesight of the mantis shrimp. This discover will lead to more advanced and better technology in the future.
I like how scientist find out that this shrimp has speacial eve site? I mean do they just study differnt shrimp eye balls?
Any ways I want to see how shrimp sees it, so that I could see 3D and 12 different colors that we normaly can not see it. Maybe scientist develop shrimp sunglass, it would be cool to wear. It scientist develop new CD, than can we see DVD in 3D??Oh~yeah~ that would be really nice!!