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Lionel Mandrake

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3. I've been waiting for this.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Apr 19, 2025, 01:49 AM

Apr 19

A collaboration between the optometry and computer-science departments at UC Berkeley has been working on this project for many years. Now they have finally succeeded in producing a so-called impossible color, i.e., one which doesn't occur in nature. More precisely, they can now cause a subject to sense a chromaticity outside the region shown in a typical chromaticity diagram. This is a very exciting result!

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Scientists hijacked the human eye to get it to see a brand-new color. It's called 'olo.' [View all] Judi Lynn Apr 18 OP

I know this isn't t really related but it made me think of it because of the colors (SO pretty)!! Tadpole Raisin Apr 18 #1

What an interesting experience NJCher Apr 19 #2

Interesting, odd, isolating as a kid but I wouldn't give it up if I had the choice. Tadpole Raisin Apr 19 #4

I've been waiting for this. Lionel Mandrake Apr 19 #3

That sounds like amazing research, targeting specific cones with laser light in real time. Jim__ Apr 20 #5