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FooBang
02-19-2014, 06:16 PM
There is a new app developed at UC, Riverside, that rewires your visual cortex to see better. It applies new knowledge gained recently about the elasticity of the adult brain and how it can be rewired. According to the article, after 3 weeks, you can see both further and read more easily. This would be a big help for hunting, I imagine. I can't wait to hear more.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/med-tech/this-app-trains-you-to-see-farther-16506910
BarryBobPosthole
02-19-2014, 06:34 PM
I believe it! love to see that app. I recently tested 20/15 in my left and 20/20 in my right at almost 20 feet. Can't see shit up close. Wonder if there's any trade off?

BKB
FooBang
02-19-2014, 07:41 PM
I believe it! love to see that app. I recently tested 20/15 in my left and 20/20 in my right at almost 20 feet. Can't see shit up close. Wonder if there's any trade off?

BKB

I imagine there would be. Those re-wired neurons were prolly busy doing something else afore. Some people were able to go from 20/20 to 20/7.5, btw.
BarryBobPosthole
02-19-2014, 07:49 PM
I wonder if they have an app for heat/x-ray vision.

BKB
Buckrub
02-19-2014, 07:59 PM
I bookmarked this. I've lost all my upclose vision, short term memory, and ........there was something else.............um........
FooBang
02-19-2014, 07:59 PM
They say if you live in a cave for 6 months in complete darkness, your brain will adapt and process infrared signals. Infrared is greatly attenuated by your receptors, but that doesn't mean there is no signal to observe.

Imagine-- You'd be able to see the heat from your footprints. The effect wears off quickly after your exposed to sunlight, so I suspect the novelty of seeing infrared is not worth 6 months in a cave.. Just saying.
FooBang
02-19-2014, 07:59 PM
I bookmarked this. I've lost all my upclose vision, short term memory, and ........there was something else.............um........

Potatoes?
Buckrub
02-19-2014, 08:24 PM
uh, maybe.
airbud7
02-19-2014, 09:31 PM
I recently tested 20/15 in my left and 20/20 in my right at almost 20 feet. Can't see shit up close. Wonder if there's any trade off?

BKB

This is me^...20/20 But can't see shit up close...
Thumper
02-19-2014, 10:49 PM
Who the hell wants to see shit up close anydamnway? Youse guys are sickos!
FooBang
02-19-2014, 11:18 PM
This is me^...20/20 But can't see shit up close...

I'm at 20/400, so I need all the help I can get!
airbud7
02-20-2014, 12:19 AM
Who the hell wants to see shit up close anydamnway? Youse guys are sickos!

Me Neither

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Thumper
02-20-2014, 07:05 AM
Ha ha! Smart-ass! ;)
Captain
03-12-2014, 08:46 PM
Dang. Went to the App Store to download and it is only available for the iPad not the iPhone.
I don't carry an iPad to the deer stand which is where I planned on messing with it.
Wonder if they will ever make an iPhone version?

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quercus alba
03-13-2014, 06:50 AM
you prolly couldn't see it if they did
Captain
03-13-2014, 07:20 AM
you prolly couldn't see it if they did

You probably right... ;)

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