harmonic writing by Marey
from page 116 of Etienne-Jules Marey, “Du Mouvement dans les Fonctions de la Vie: Leçons faites au Collège de France”, Baillière, Paris, 1878.…
a beautiful page
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electricity for eyes
A short survey of the history of what is known as ‘sensory substitution’:
The purest form of vision through electricity is described by…
proud to be a nerd
found this 4d version of tic tac toe
after two hours of addiction I was very proud of this result:
later I also…
Kepler on the camera eye
The first description of the retinal image, from Johannes Kepler, “Ad Vitellionem paralipomena quibus Astronomiæ pars optica traditvr”, Francofvrti, Apud Claudium Marnium &…
philosophy through the eye
Reading two very different books simultaneously:
Philippe Hamou, “La Mutation Du Visible, Essai Sur La Portée Epistémologique Des Instruments d’Optique au XVIIe Siècle,…
first ever programmed motion ?
From “Peri Automatopoietikes” (On the making of Automata) by Hero from Alexandria (around the year 50 AD) in the edition by Schmidt from…