[email protected] wrote: > In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:27:45 -0400: > Hi, > [snip] >> This is important, but I think the most important potential AI >> breakthrough would be in robotics. It would the ability to deal with >> 3-dimensional space with the same speed and agility as, say, a >> housefly brain. > [snip] > Speaking of which, I have noticed that houseflies detect motion using changes > in > contrast. That means that if you approach them slowly with a plain white paper > napkin or tissue, they don't see it coming.
Really! I never tried that -- any paper I used was always covered with newsprint. * * * Catching them on a window is good, too. As far as I can tell, flies don't believe in glass. So, as far as they're concerned, there's nothing blocking their escape through the window ... ergo, there's no need to fly off in some other direction as the swatter approaches... > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html > >
