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Message no. 1
From: Jeremy Roberson <ROBERSON@***.EDU>
Subject: The Eyes Have It
Date: Sun, 9 May 1993 22:37:57 -0700
To clarify:
Electrical Magnification breaks the image into digital data and
transmits it to the brain.
Thermo and Lowlite do not break the image down into data; they merely
magnify the picture and send it along without breaking it into information.

It's the same difference between a film camera with a low f-stop and a video
camera hooked up to an electronic whizzerthingie; both produce a visible image
but the former does it mechanically and the latter electronically.
Thermographics simply invlove sesnors calibrated for a different
spectrum; they do not break the image down but rather look at it from a
different point of view.


J Roberson
Message no. 2
From: David Loewenstern <loewenst@****.RUTGERS.EDU>
Subject: Re: The Eyes Have It
Date: Mon, 10 May 1993 10:44:14 EDT
... On Sun, 9 May 1993 22:37:57 -0700, Jeremy Roberson <ROBERSON@***.edu> said:

} To clarify:
} Electrical Magnification breaks the image into digital data and
} transmits it to the brain.
} Thermo and Lowlite do not break the image down into data; they merely
} magnify the picture and send it along without breaking it into information.


Remember, we're talking about cybereyes. How do 20/20 cybereyes send an
image along without breaking it down? Your retina breaks an image
down into pixels, remember.

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