MetaFilter posts tagged with iris

an eye for nature

nickyskye — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:45:05 -0800

Eyescapes by Rankin [nsfw]. Rankin's home site [flash], his Wikipedia entry. The anatomy of the iris l Crypts of Fuchs l Pupillary ruff l Contraction furrows l pigment dots l color scale l Wolfflin nodules l factor structure Eye color, or more correctly, iris color is due to... The visible features of an iris arise in the trabeculum, a meshwork of connective tissue that displays arching ligaments, crypts, contraction furrows, a corona and pupillary frill, coloration, and sometimes freckles. The striated anterior layer covering the trabecular meshwork creates the predominant texture seen with visible light (see examples here), but all of these sources of radial and angular variation taken together constitute a distinctive "fingerprint" that can be imaged from some distance.

Looky Here

fandango_matt — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:45:47 -0800

Say hello to the newest police method for human identification: iris scanning. The Alameda County Sheriff's Office is preparing to become the first public agency in the Bay Area to scan the irises of convicted sex offenders.

Iris scam. Iris scan

electricinca — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:56:49 -0800

Iridology may be bogus science, but it appears that the eyes really could windows to the soul as Swedish researchers reveal it may be possible to read a person's personality from their irises.