MetaFilter posts tagged with eyes and brokenlink

green, black, brown, blue?

longsleeves — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 18:46:41 -0800

Not settled after all partial genetic explaination of eye color. it's not one classic dominant/recessive allele a la the monk Mendel. three known + unknown genes involved, everybody's still beautiful.

Nathalia Edenmont!

TwelveTwo — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:34:26 -0800

At first glance it would seem to be something one would find in some photoshop gallery. But then one finds out that she has been forced to justify her work, for they are pictures of freshly killed animals. Much to the dislike of some craigslistians. With the growing uproar, there is even a petition going around (though petitions like that are har dly ra re.) Is this a work of someone seeking attention through offending people? Or someone unable to use photoshop? Whatever the case, I’m sure PETA will join in. . . . Wait, it has.

New Jewelry Choices

Fantt — Wed, 07 Apr 2004 12:19:23 -0800

Eyeball Jewelry This just caught my eye (Sorry!). It's jewelry that is implanted INTO your EYE! I think this is pretty cool and another milestone in body modding. Discuss how long until Georgia legislators ban this.

The gift of sight

grahamwell — Tue, 26 Aug 2003 12:54:32 -0800

The gift of sight is easy to take for granted. Not for Mike May, blinded in infancy, Mike had partial vision restored at the age of 43. This is his journal, written with infectious delight for his new gift and documenting the unexpected problems that the miracle brings. There's much, much more to vision than just the data and Mike is an unprecedented opportunity to better understand how perception works. [via the Guardian and previously mentioned here]

Bruiseblog

dum2007 — Fri, 16 May 2003 08:12:33 -0800

Matthew's Eye has been healing ever since he got a nasty shot from someone. His site shows the process through a series of photos, one taken per day.

and the blind could see

The Jesse Helms — Thu, 08 May 2003 12:59:00 -0800

'Bionic eye' breakthrough can allow the blind to see. One by one the miracles of Jesus are replaced by science.