Natural Perspective: Mapping Visual Space with Art and Science

The art and science of weed mapping.

Land managers need cost-effective and informative tools for non-native plant species management. Many local, state, and federal agencies adopted mapping systems designed to collect comparable data for the early detection and monitoring of non-native species. We compared mapping information to statistically rigorous, plot-based methods to better understand the benefits and compatibility of the t...

Visual Odometry and Mapping in Natural Environments

A visual perception account of programming languages : finding the natural science in the art

There is no agreed set of grounded principles on which to rely to analyze and discuss code representations. I propose a combination of Semiotic of Graphics and ScanVis. I discovered that this unifying framework brings together many aspects of visual layout and appearance of programming languages. We describe how the framework applies to programming languages, which is not obvious and has never ...

Science, art and drug discovery: a personal perspective.

The research programme that started in 1985 led to the approval of Sildenafil (Viagra), in 1998, as the first oral treatment for male erectile dysfunction. The initial project objective was the design and synthesis of novel inhibitors of phosphodiesterase that would increase tissue levels of cGMP, and that could be beneficial for the treatment of cardiovascular conditions. Starting from zaprina...

Miradas-the art and science of visual expression.

doi:10.3928/1081597X-20101215-01 T his issue celebrates the fi fth anniversary of the redesigned Journal of Refractive Surgery.1 Each issue of the Journal features artwork from the Miradas Competition on its cover. Featuring these works of art was the vision of George O. Waring III, MD, Editor-in-Chief, who acknowledged the value of the Miradas Competition. The art is used in a way that identif...