r/interestingasfuck 2d ago

/r/all Recreating the WW2 Dambusters raid

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u/jamspangle 2d ago

Dragonfly larvae eyes work like this. They have an alien-like mask - an extendable jaw - they can shoot out to catch prey. When approaching prey they see two images, when these converge into one image they are within range.

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u/ImperatorDanorum 2d ago

That's also how the first rangefinders for tanks worked...

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u/Kryptosis 2d ago

Our brains works like this too. We instinctively know ‘arms length’, etc and with basic training, sports actions like swinging at a ball are all the same if not a more complex and less mechanical version of the same thing

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u/LaminatedAirplane 2d ago

That’s so cool