Drifting off topic slightly … take a look at this article when you get the chance, Bert …
Vision of beauty
Its about the eye and creating artificial vision based on mathematical models of the retina (you guessed it .. all fractal in nature).
The summary is:
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i) Surgeons restore human vision by replacing diseased photoreceptors in the retina with semiconductor implants based on digital cameras;
ii) The physical structure and motion of the retina are based on nature's fractal geometry, in contrast to the Euclidean geometry used by photosensitive chips in digital cameras;
iii) Nanocluster growth technology will be used to self-assemble artificial neurons on the surface of future retinal implants that mimic the fractal structure of the eye's natural neurons;
iv) Pattern analysis reveals that the eye searches for visual information using a fractal motion, similar to that of foraging animals, that covers an area more efficiently than random motion;
v) The spatial distribution of photoreceptors across an implant has to match that found in the eye in order to trigger a physiological stress-reducing mechanism associated with the eye moving its gaze to observe fractal scenes.
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Fantastic stuff !
Its all about how how we pick out the important bits of knowledge from the 'vast scene' before our eyes.
Quite incredible !
Cheers