Retina
noun
The back part of the eye that sends images to the brain.
When light enters your eye, it hits your retina, which sends a message to your brain.
Often appears as...
- damage to the retina
- detached retina
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Technical
noun
A type of high-resolution screen technology.
The laptop has a retina display, so the images look very sharp and clear.
Often appears as...
- retina display ipad
- macbook pro retina display
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Technical
noun
The back part of the eye that sends images to the brain.
When light enters your eye, it hits your retina, which sends a message to your brain.
Often appears as...
- damage to the retina
- detached retina
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A type of high-resolution screen technology.
The laptop has a retina display, so the images look very sharp and clear.
Often appears as...
- retina display ipad
- macbook pro retina display
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Vision Essential
The retina is vital for vision, converting light into brain signals.
A healthy retina is crucial for good eyesight.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Tissue
Retina refers to complex eye tissue, not a simple one.
The retina contains layers of cells, not just one type.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Concerns
Retina problems can lead to vision loss, indicating serious health issues.
Retinal damage can cause irreversible blindness.
Pro Tip 1/3Vision Essential
The retina is vital for vision, converting light into brain signals.
A healthy retina is crucial for good eyesight.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Tissue
Retina refers to complex eye tissue, not a simple one.
The retina contains layers of cells, not just one type.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Concerns
Retina problems can lead to vision loss, indicating serious health issues.
Retinal damage can cause irreversible blindness.
Pro Tip 1/3Vision Essential
The retina is vital for vision, converting light into brain signals.
A healthy retina is crucial for good eyesight.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Tissue
Retina refers to complex eye tissue, not a simple one.
The retina contains layers of cells, not just one type.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Concerns
Retina problems can lead to vision loss, indicating serious health issues.
Retinal damage can cause irreversible blindness.
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How computers are...
that's the neurons in the retina. And those feed forward into one layer after another layer, after another layer of neurons, all connected by synapses of different weights. The behavior of this network is characterized by the strengths of all of those synapses. Those characterize the computational properties of this network.
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If superpowers were...
What do you think the world looks like if you are invisible? Well, the answer is nothing. The reason you can't see in the dark is because there is no light. To see an apple, light has to hit the apple and return it to your eyes. Then, the retinas in your eyes catch the light reflection for your brain
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Asking where consciousnes...
in a lot more detail from the electromagnetic spectrum all the way from the deep red into the ultraviolet meaning that the shrimp's rainbow is much wider than the human being's rainbow and on top of that once visual information enters the human eye it starts to get processed in the retina it
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Why do we see illusions?...
All of these objects flow outwards and they leave trails, or blur lines, on your retina. They're activating mini-neurons all in a row. So, this is a version of what happens in real life and this another version of what happens in real life all the time. In fact, cartoonists know about this.
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A curable condition that...
While the invention of eyeglasses allowed for some restoration of focus, they had to be extremely thick to help. Furthermore, such techniques still caused complications, like damaging the retina, or leaving the eye with uncomfortable stitches.
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How do glasses help us...
But many people develop refractive errors, either during childhood as their eyes are growing, or in later life as their eyes age. Imperfections in the cornea and lens cause refracted light to be focused in front of or behind the retina,
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Eye vs. camera - Michael...
You see, your eyes don't always capture the world as a video camera would. In fact, there are quite a few differences, owing to the anatomy of your eye and the processing that takes place in your brain and its outgrowth, the retina.
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Could a blind eye...
Both of these rare genetic diseases affect the retina, the screen at the back of the eye that detects light and helps us see. Now imagine if the eye could regenerate itself so that a blind person could see again.
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Best of Animal Teamwork...
hyrax have a unique blue tinted retina that acts like sunglasses allowing them to stare directly back they don't let the male eagle out of their sight
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The First Bionic Eye PIPE...
and he real close several times dignitary changes that occur in the peripheral retina gave the disease its name he said Joey I'm going to go have
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How computers are...
that's the neurons in the retina. And those feed forward into one layer after another layer, after another layer of neurons, all connected by synapses of different weights. The behavior of this network is characterized by the strengths of all of those synapses. Those characterize the computational properties of this network.
Video examples
If superpowers were...
What do you think the world looks like if you are invisible? Well, the answer is nothing. The reason you can't see in the dark is because there is no light. To see an apple, light has to hit the apple and return it to your eyes. Then, the retinas in your eyes catch the light reflection for your brain
Video examples
Asking where consciousnes...
in a lot more detail from the electromagnetic spectrum all the way from the deep red into the ultraviolet meaning that the shrimp's rainbow is much wider than the human being's rainbow and on top of that once visual information enters the human eye it starts to get processed in the retina it
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Why do we see illusions?...
All of these objects flow outwards and they leave trails, or blur lines, on your retina. They're activating mini-neurons all in a row. So, this is a version of what happens in real life and this another version of what happens in real life all the time. In fact, cartoonists know about this.
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A curable condition that...
While the invention of eyeglasses allowed for some restoration of focus, they had to be extremely thick to help. Furthermore, such techniques still caused complications, like damaging the retina, or leaving the eye with uncomfortable stitches.
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How do glasses help us...
But many people develop refractive errors, either during childhood as their eyes are growing, or in later life as their eyes age. Imperfections in the cornea and lens cause refracted light to be focused in front of or behind the retina,
Video examples
Eye vs. camera - Michael...
You see, your eyes don't always capture the world as a video camera would. In fact, there are quite a few differences, owing to the anatomy of your eye and the processing that takes place in your brain and its outgrowth, the retina.
Video examples
Could a blind eye...
Both of these rare genetic diseases affect the retina, the screen at the back of the eye that detects light and helps us see. Now imagine if the eye could regenerate itself so that a blind person could see again.
Video examples
Best of Animal Teamwork...
hyrax have a unique blue tinted retina that acts like sunglasses allowing them to stare directly back they don't let the male eagle out of their sight
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The First Bionic Eye PIPE...
and he real close several times dignitary changes that occur in the peripheral retina gave the disease its name he said Joey I'm going to go have
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Nikola Tesla
Inventor
All knowledge or form conception is evoked through the medium of the eye, either in response to disturbances directly received on the retina or to their fainter secondary effects and reverberations. Other sense organs can only call forth feelings which have no reality of existence and of which no conception can be formed.
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Joseph Pulitzer
American Publisher
Whatever my trouble had been at first, it developed into separation of the retina in both eyes. From the day on which I first consulted the oculist up to the present time, about twenty-four years, I have only been three times in 'The World' building. Most people think I'm dead or living in Europe in complete retirement.
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Alice Oswald
British Poet
Webs are made mostly of spaces. They break easily. They barely exist. They belong to the category of half-things: mist, smoke, shrouds, ghosts, membranes, retinas or rags; and they quickly fill up with un-things: old legs and wings and heads and hollow abdomens and body bags of wasps.
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Sebastian Seung
South Korean Scientist
If we can map the retina, that will help us understand how it functions in vision, as well as devise new ways of repairing its malfunctions. And if we can really figure out the retina, perhaps we will have a shot at figuring out the vastly more complicated brain.
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John Oliver
British Comedian
I do one accent - my own. I can make it louder or quieter. That is the sum total of my vocal range. I thought I could do an American accent until I tried it in front of an American - the expression of horror is still burnt onto my retinas.
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Bill Viola
American Artist
If you look at landscape in historical terms, you realize that most of the time we have been on Earth as a species, what has fallen on our retina is landscape, not images of buildings and cars and street lights.
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Vivek Wadhwa
Indian Businessman
In the U.S., PC-makers have no incentive to lower prices because it kills their profit margins. They keep adding new features like high-end retina displays and faster processors to justify their high prices.
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Seth Shostak
American Scientist
Our retinas and brains have been wired by a hundred million years of evolution to find outlines in a visually complex landscape. This helps us to recognize prey and predators.
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Johannes P. Muller
German Scientist
It is exceedingly improbable that the identical action of the corresponding parts of the two retina is the result of a certain habituation, or of the influence of the mind.
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Aubrey de Grey
English Author
In the eye, there is a type of junk that accumulates in the back of the retina that eventually causes us to go blind. It's called age-related macular degeneration.
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Nikola Tesla
Inventor
All knowledge or form conception is evoked through the medium of the eye, either in response to disturbances directly received on the retina or to their fainter secondary effects and reverberations. Other sense organs can only call forth feelings which have no reality of existence and of which no conception can be formed.
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Joseph Pulitzer
American Publisher
Whatever my trouble had been at first, it developed into separation of the retina in both eyes. From the day on which I first consulted the oculist up to the present time, about twenty-four years, I have only been three times in 'The World' building. Most people think I'm dead or living in Europe in complete retirement.
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Alice Oswald
British Poet
Webs are made mostly of spaces. They break easily. They barely exist. They belong to the category of half-things: mist, smoke, shrouds, ghosts, membranes, retinas or rags; and they quickly fill up with un-things: old legs and wings and heads and hollow abdomens and body bags of wasps.
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Sebastian Seung
South Korean Scientist
If we can map the retina, that will help us understand how it functions in vision, as well as devise new ways of repairing its malfunctions. And if we can really figure out the retina, perhaps we will have a shot at figuring out the vastly more complicated brain.
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John Oliver
British Comedian
I do one accent - my own. I can make it louder or quieter. That is the sum total of my vocal range. I thought I could do an American accent until I tried it in front of an American - the expression of horror is still burnt onto my retinas.
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Bill Viola
American Artist
If you look at landscape in historical terms, you realize that most of the time we have been on Earth as a species, what has fallen on our retina is landscape, not images of buildings and cars and street lights.
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Vivek Wadhwa
Indian Businessman
In the U.S., PC-makers have no incentive to lower prices because it kills their profit margins. They keep adding new features like high-end retina displays and faster processors to justify their high prices.
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Seth Shostak
American Scientist
Our retinas and brains have been wired by a hundred million years of evolution to find outlines in a visually complex landscape. This helps us to recognize prey and predators.
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Johannes P. Muller
German Scientist
It is exceedingly improbable that the identical action of the corresponding parts of the two retina is the result of a certain habituation, or of the influence of the mind.
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Aubrey de Grey
English Author
In the eye, there is a type of junk that accumulates in the back of the retina that eventually causes us to go blind. It's called age-related macular degeneration.
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