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An Eye toward Multispectral Imaging
The mantis shrimp is a marvel of nature that represents a truly multispectral scanning system.
Unlike anything that humans have engineered, the mantis shrimp can independently direct two optical systems in two different directions, detect targets, then scan the targets to gather spectral information. It can also simultaneously measure four linear and two circular polarization components as well as monocular range to the target.
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