Researchers mapped a fish’s electric field through millions of electrode measurements, then turned the data into slow-motion color movies. The 1996 page preserves the science and the delivery machinery: QuickTime MOVs, BinHex files, and a Macintosh IIfx. Today an interactive browser might do it; then, a downloadable animation was the exhibit.
Original research page: https://www.rasnowpeak.com/brian/efish/
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Original research page: https://www.rasnowpeak.com/brian/efish/
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-caltechs-electric-fish-lab-colored-invisible-fields-in-quicktime/
#ancientweb #neuroscience #marinebiology #digitalarchives
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