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The Mantis Sees it All

01 Feb 2022

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In this episode we take a trip into the exciting world of insects - mantises to be precise. Prof Jenny Read and her colleague Dr Vivek Nityananda from Newcastle University in the UK have been conducting some exciting research into 3D vision of these iconic animals.I have come across their research through an article in the New York Times and was hooked.3D vision in insects? Yes, dear listeners, you read that right. Mantises have stereoscopic vision as well but not quite like humans. Given the fact that mantises are so much smaller and still capable of 3D vision - is there something we can learn from them with regards to practical applications and robotics?Here some links you might want to check out:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/science/praying-mantis-eating-birds.html the New York Times articlehttp://www.jennyreadresearch.com/research/m3/media/ some cool videos including how we can trace what's going on in a mantis brainhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26740144/  the paper of the researchGet in touchThank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören! Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt: Email mailto:[email protected] UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/ (personal Profile)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile) This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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