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Tiny glasses reveal praying mantises have a different kind of 3D vision

New Atlas - Fri 9 Feb 18

According to the Jurassic Park movies, the T-Rex's vision was based on movement, so it couldn't see you if you stood perfectly still. That advice won't help you at all in the unlikely ...

Mantis makes a spectacle of itself

Cosmos Magazine - Thu 8 Feb 18

Studying praying mantis vision could lead to better, cheaper robots. Andrew Masterson reports.

'Spectacular' finding: New 3-D vision discovered in praying mantis

Phys.org - Thu 8 Feb 18

Miniature glasses have revealed a new form of 3D vision in praying mantises that could lead to simpler visual processing for robots.

3-D vision discovered in praying mantis, ScienceDaily - Thu 8 Feb 18

Why this praying mantis is wearing tiny 3D glasses

The Verge - Fri 9 Feb 18

Praying mantises willing to wear 3D glasses and sit through bizarre, abstract movies have revealed a new way of seeing the world in three dimensions. The findings could help improve ...

Researchers discovered a new kind of stereo vision by putting tiny 3D glasses on mantises

TechCrunch - Fri 9 Feb 18

 Researchers at Newcastle University, U.K. believe they’ve discovered a differently evolved form of stereo vision in mantises. The research team studied the phenomenon in the insects ...

Scientists outfit praying mantises with tiny 3D glasses, find new type of stereo vision

ZME Science - Fri 9 Feb 18

Turns out the praying mantis sees in 3D quite differently from us -- and this could be exploited by new drones.

Putting Glasses on Praying Mantis Reveals New Form of 3D Vision

Extremetech - Fri 9 Feb 18

Insects see the world very differently than we do, but researchers from Newcastle University in the UK now say that the praying mantis possesses one important element of human vision: It can ...

What a Spectacle! Praying Mantises Wear Tiny 3D Glasses, for Science

Livescience - Thu 8 Feb 18

Putting 3D glasses on praying mantises has opened researchers' eyes to the insects' unusual stereo vision.

Praying mantises with tiny 3D glasses have stereo vision

Daily Mail - Thu 8 Feb 18

Researchers from Newcastle University observed the insects' reaction to more complex images, and learnt that mantis vision works very differently to ours.

Praying mantises wearing tiny glasses help researchers discover new type of 3D vision

Inhabitat - Mon 12 Feb 18

This praying mantis isn't just wearing minuscule 3D glasses for the cute factor, but to help scientists learn more about 3D vision. A Newcastle University team discovered a novel form of 3D ...

Praying mantises have a unique way of seeing in 3D

UPI - Thu 8 Feb 18

New research has shown that praying mantises have a unique mechanism for seeing in 3D, different from the way humans and other animals see in three dimensions.

Praying mantis wears 3-D glasses to help scientists

The Hindu - Fri 9 Feb 18

Robots and drones could use mantis’ stereo vision algorithms to detect depth.