What can a spider’s cousin teach us about camera design? Graduate student Brendan Lan at Duke University studies the vision of harvestmen, spider-like arachnids with extraordinary eyes. Their tiny yet powerful optics may inspire new kinds of miniature cameras and offer a reminder that the creatures we fear most often help us see the world more clearly. Brendan is conducting his research at the Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility (SMIF) lab on Duke University's campus. You can learn more about it here: smif.pratt.duke.edu Transcript: 00:00:02:10 - 00:00:04:00 Kids have bug phases. 00:00:04:00 - 00:00:07:00 I think I just never grew out of mine. 00:00:08:01 - 00:00:09:19 Check This Out! 00:00:09:19 - 00:00:12:19 I'm studying the vision of arachnids. 00:00:12:20 - 00:00:15:04 There's this specific species that is a harvestmen. 00:00:15:04 - 00:00:19:02 and they have extremely large eyes that seem to perform 00:00:19:02 - 00:00:22:02 better than their eye size woul...