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The shade underneath trees during eclipses is pretty incredible
because it becomes apparent that all of those little dapples of light
are actually images, since every one of them becomes a crescent
rather than a circle.
So this idea is for a computer controlled "tree" that would exploit
the
ability of the pin holes created by the spaces between its leaves
to act as lenses, to create organized visual phenomena in its shade.
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Point of correction: each pinhole IS the equivalent of a
lens. It appears that what you want is to consolidate all
the individual pinhole-lens images, into a single image. |
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Well, considering that from a given point under the
tree, each pinhole among the leaves is pointing in a
different direction, so what you would be creating is a
very wide-field view, without much detail. If you
carpeted the ground under the tree with imaging
devices, then you could get multiple pinhole views of
particular objects, and so more detail |
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It also sort-of means you will be using the tree to study
things in the sky. I suspect most ordinary telescopes will
give you better results, but, hey, this is the HalfBakery,
and ineffectual notions are welcome. |
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- not entirely unlike an insect's compound eye? |
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