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displaying images 203<br />

Ref. 154<br />

Challenge 201 e<br />

ducedbyflickeringmonochromaticimagesoncomputerscreens.Allthesefalsecolours<br />

aremainly duetothedifferentresponsetimesofred,greenandbluecones.<br />

∗∗<br />

Thesizeoftheeyeinmammalsdependsontheirmaximumrunningspeed.Thisdependencehasbeen<br />

verified for 50 different species. Interestingly, the correlation does not hold<br />

for the flying speed of birds.<br />

Did you ever see a shadow on a mirror or a flat water surface? Why not?<br />

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Summary on applied optics<br />

The art and science of making images is central to modern health care, industry, science,<br />

entertainment and telecommunications. Acquiring images is in large part the result of<br />

bending light beams in predefined ways and then detecting them. All image acquisition<br />

systems, biological or human-made, are based on reflection, refraction or diffraction,<br />

combined with pixel detectors. All imaging systems that acquire or display highquality<br />

images – biological or human-made – use clever combinations of materials science,sensors,actuatorsandsignalprocessing.Thefieldisstill<br />

evolving.<br />

Motion Mountain – The Adventure of Physics copyright © Christoph Schiller June 1990–November 2015 free pdf file available at www.motionmountain.net

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