Superpowers for home
17 July 2010
I hope, that everyone knows the intro scene from the Æon Flux movie (if someone missed it, I highly recommend to watch that, it's an entertaining dystopian action movie): the heroine catches a fly with her eyelashes. The composition of the picture is masterful. The shape of the eyelashes and lids resemble the Venus Flytrap, carnivorous plant's leaves that eats insects. On the other side it gives us the glimpse that Æon is just as cool as Superman or Mighty Mouse. Furthermore it sets us up for the upcoming goodness: we're going to see impossible things told in great visual style.
But is it impossible to catch a fly with our eyes? I, hereby, give you the answer: it is not. All you need is a laptop (any kind of it, for example the one I'm writing these lines for you), a muggy summer evening (the kind we are having right now out there), and an even muggier bedroom. The recipe goes: turn off the lights, in the vain hope that blood-suckers won't find their way in, open the window widely, in the vain hope that some fresh air would hit the room, then start writing your blog. In just a few minutes all the insects nearby will be attracted by the laptop's flashy screen... and one more shiny thing: our eyeballs that reflects the light coming from the screen. From this moment on, it's all in the the reflexes - as ol' Jack Burton would say. A mosquito targets our shining eyes, they eyelids' reflexes do their job, and our lashes trap the insect.
I've just managed to do this while I was writing another article.
I hope, that everyone knows the intro scene from the Æon Flux movie (if someone missed it, I highly recommend to watch that, it's an entertaining dystopian action movie): the heroine catches a fly with her eyelashes. The composition of the picture is masterful. The shape of the eyelashes and lids resemble the Venus Flytrap, carnivorous plant's leaves that eats insects. On the other side it gives us the glimpse that Æon is just as cool as Superman or Mighty Mouse. Furthermore it sets us up for the upcoming goodness: we're going to see impossible things told in great visual style.
But is it impossible to catch a fly with our eyes? I, hereby, give you the answer: it is not. All you need is a laptop (any kind of it, for example the one I'm writing these lines for you), a muggy summer evening (the kind we are having right now out there), and an even muggier bedroom. The recipe goes: turn off the lights, in the vain hope that blood-suckers won't find their way in, open the window widely, in the vain hope that some fresh air would hit the room, then start writing your blog. In just a few minutes all the insects nearby will be attracted by the laptop's flashy screen... and one more shiny thing: our eyeballs that reflects the light coming from the screen. From this moment on, it's all in the the reflexes - as ol' Jack Burton would say. A mosquito targets our shining eyes, they eyelids' reflexes do their job, and our lashes trap the insect.
I've just managed to do this while I was writing another article.
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