Chris Merkord Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Cornell Chronicle Alumnus uncovers how cuckoo's feathers shimmer Cornell Chronicle The findings are relevant for bird behavioral studies to better understand avian signaling and courtship. Future work may lead to tools that field ornithologists would use to predict where a female might need to be to receive a signal from a flashy ... View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhysOrg Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Before Todd Harvey, Ph.D. '12, was a graduate student at Cornell studying how light shimmers off feathers of the African emerald cuckoo and other birds, he spent 10 years as a computer animator and digital cinematographer implementing algorithms that made Gollum's skin look real in "The Lord of the Rings" movies and gave King Kong's fur its lifelike luster in the 2005 production. Read the full article on PhysOrg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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