Creepy Statistic of the Day: The Bandwidth of the Eye
Via BoingBoing.
Scientists have estimated that the human retina can transmit data at approximately 10 million bits per second, equivalent to a standard ethernet connection.More here.
The researchers at the University of Pennsylvania came to that number by measuring spikes of electrical impulses from a (disembodied) guinea pig retina "looking" at movies of biological motion, like a salamander swimming.
The ganglion cells in the retina were then classified as either "brisk" or "sluggish," depending on how fast they fired.
posted by Fergie @ 7/26/2006 05:57:00 PM
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