For sale : brand new stereoscopic telescope (made in 1945)
FleaGlasses Scientific Antiques (Reading, UK) is selling a WW II stereoscopic periscope / telescope at a listed price of 235.75£.
Scientists still unsure why we see in 3D
Operation Crossbow : 3D glasses against Hitler
Newly released photographs show how a team of World War II experts disrupted Nazi plans to bombard Britain - with the help of 3D glasses like those in modern cinemas. Their secret weapon was a stereoscope - a simple Victorian invention which brought the enemy landscape into 3D. Working on the same principles as modern-day 3D glasses, it allowed the PIs to measure height, especially of unidentified new structures - such as rockets and their launch sites.
From UK, you may watch the documentary on the BBC Player until Tuesday 24 May 2011. The last broadcast is on Tuesday, 23:20 on BBC Two.
Stereo blindness may be an asset for painters
According to the New-York Times, so-called stereo blindness, in which the eyes are out of alignment so the brain cannot fuse the images from each one, may actually be an asset in learning to draw or paint, it helps to have a sense of composition, color and originality.
A Floating World at CaixaForum Madrid
A Floating World is a new exhibit in Madrid, Spain featuring old photographs by Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986).182 pictures are modern prints of Lartigue’s photographs, whilst the show also includes 18 modern recreations of his stereoscopic pictures with their original three-dimensional effect.
