This paper presents performance test results of true-color night vision cameras. Such cameras are sensitive to the visible to near-infrared (VNIR) portion of the spectrum allowing for the “true-color” of scenes and objects to be displayed and recorded under low-light-level conditions. True-color refers to an approximate reproduction of the subjective colors that would be seen by the human eye i...

 Environmental enrichment is one of the methods for improving fish growth performance. In the present trial, the effects of both light color and music on growth performance and survival of goldfish (Carassius auratus) (initial mean weight: 4.15±0.08 g) were investigated for 2 months. Two light color treatments (red light and white light) and three music treatments (M0: without music, M30:30 min...

Because intelligent surveillance systems have recently undergone rapid growth, research on accurately detecting humans in videos captured at a long distance is growing in importance. The existing research using visible light cameras has mainly focused on methods of human detection for daytime hours when there is outside light, but human detection during nighttime hours when there is no outside ...

The absorption of visible light in aquatic environments has led to the common assumption that aquatic organisms sense and adapt to penetrative blue/green light wavelengths but show little or no response to the more attenuated red/far-red wavelengths. Here, we show that two marine diatom species, Phaeodactylum tricornutum and Thalassiosira pseudonana, possess a bona fide red/far-red light sensin...

When filamentous protonemata of Adiantum capillus-veneris L. precultured under continuous red light were transferred to the dark, the apical cell divided about 24 to 36 hours thereafter. The time of the cell division was delayed for several hours by a brief exposure to far red light given before the dark incubation. The effect of far red light was reversed by a small dose of red light given imm...

THE Lancaster diplopia test (Lancaster, 1939) is simple and sensitive, shows topical cyclophoria easily, and is applicable to alternators with abnorinal retinal correspondence, so that in these respects it must be regarded as superior to the Hess test (Hess, 1916). The Lancaster method of recording, however, is less lucid, and attempts have been made, for example by Tulloch (1950) and Hugonnier...

Developing a high-performance photocatalyst and a photoelectrode with enhanced visible light harvesting properties is essential for practical visible light photocatalytic applications. Noble metal-free, highly visible light-active, elemental red phosphorus (RP) was prepared by a facile mechanical ball milling method, which is a reproducible, low cost and controllable synthesis process. The synt...

In this paper we consider cameras as belonging to one of two types: single aperture (conventional) cameras, and multiple aperture (compound eye) cameras. The eyes of insects are well known examples of the second type. Recently Fraunhofer Institute announced the manufacturing of a compound eye camera, which is very thin and has potential applications unthinkable for the traditional single lens c...

The elongation of etiolated Avena mesocotyls is inhibited by red light (660 mmu). Immediately after exposing mesocotyl sections to varying doses of red light the ensuing concentrations of phytochrome in the far-red absorbing form (P(730)) were measured. The extent of mesocotyl inhibition observed 5 days later is proportional to the logarithm of P(730) concentration in mesocotyl tissue at the ti...

 Environmental enrichment is one of the methods for improving fish growth performance. In the present trial, the effects of both light color and music on growth performance and survival of goldfish (Carassius auratus) (initial mean weight: 4.15±0.08 g) were investigated for 2 months. Two light color treatments (red light and white light) and three music treatments (M0: without music, M30:30 min...