Listen to Roger Hanlon, Senior Scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole and Basia Goszczynska, animator, artist, video editor, and film maker discuss how “art informs science in the study of camouflage and communication”.
Take a look at Roger’s video of the masters of camouflage, cephalopods: http://www.sciencefriday.com/embed/video/10397.swf
Archive for March, 2012
The Art and Science of Camouflage
Posted in News, Resources with tags art, artists, camouflage, images, nature, science on March 18, 2012 by ccovertA brief history of camouflage: military, art, and fashion
Posted in News with tags art, artists, camouflage, dazzle, images, World War I, World War II on March 18, 2012 by ccovertThe army is developing new camouflage patterns. Check out the Washington Post article.
Zebra Stripes
Posted in News, Resources with tags camouflage, nature, science on March 17, 2012 by ccovertA zebra’s stripes have nothing to do with camouflaging them in tall grass reports a research article in the Journal of Experimental Biology.
World War II Ship in Dazzle
Posted in Resources with tags camouflage, dazzle, images, ships, World War II on March 17, 2012 by ccovertWhile dazzle camouflage is mostly associated with World War I it was used some in Word War II. Here is the USS Bush before it was painted battleship grey.
