Scientists decipher two-photon vision

[bookofjoe]

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-scientists-decipher-photon-vision.html

[trebligdivad]

While trying to read this, I find this better description of the original 2 photon vision stuff; fun!

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004269892...

[munchler → trebligdivad]

Thank you! The original link is nearly incomprehensible: "Imagine that instead of viewing an image through a lens, you look through a kaleidoscope that focuses invisible light to obtain a new range of colors." WTF?

[modeless → munchler]

Yeah I think an LLM was heavily involved in the "writing" of this article.

[klipt → modeless]

Yeah it's like they were trying to stretch out the article length by repeating the same few points over and over in different words.

[ChrisMarshallNY → munchler]

That was my initial reaction, as well.

[ghostly_s → trebligdivad]

Your link isn't working for me, do you have a doi?

[gdavisson → ghostly_s]

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2024.108404

[dheerajvs]

The title made me think of the minimum number of photons detectable by human vision. Apparently, we can detect single photons:

https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms12172

[akira2501]

I wonder if that's why Angela Collier posted this recently:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zatpZgVWf8w&t=1191s

[tbenst]

This is a well known phenomenon. It accounts for example in the flash perceived when someone inadvertently looks at an infrared class 5 laser and is blinded

[staunton → tbenst]

In standard laser classification, there are only four classes. Class 4 includes IR laser welding systems...

[tbenst → staunton]

You’re right, I meant class 4

[thechao → staunton]

Maybe they're only blind briefly?