Firefly Squid Update / ホタルイカ アップデイト
Posted: 05/07/2012 Filed under: ART, NATURE | Tags: ホタルイカ, bioluminescence, Chikatoshi Sugimoto, deep sea squid, Firefly squid, ryuta nakajima, Shinnminato, Toyama Bay, 富山湾, 新湊 Leave a comment »
Watching video / ビデオ映像を見るホタルイカ
Check out its’ crazy mouth / 特殊な口の構造。
Firefly squid lighting up after watching a video / 映像に誘発され発光するホタルイカ。
Sugimoto marked each squid with color ink / マーカーをうたれたホタルイカ
Squid is just so beautiful to look at ／ スーパーでは絶対に見れない透明感のあるホタルイカ。
All done. waiting to be shipped to a lab in Okinawa / 固定され沖縄の研究室へ。
See you next year! / 来年また。
Hotaruika-Firefly Squid / ホタルイカ
Posted: 04/04/2012 Filed under: ART, Culture, NATURE | Tags: ホタルイカ, bioluminescence, deep sea squid, Firefly squid, Hotaruika, Ryuta Nakjima, Toyama prefecture 1 Comment »Ry Nakajima will be conducting his first set of experiments with Hotaruika (Firefly squid) at Toyama Prefecture in Japan. Here are some photos of his 1/1 hotaruika model called “Firefly Squid bioluminescent-communication module.” He will attempt to talk to a squid using this module via “call and response.” More soon.
This project is made possible by McKnight/ARAC Individual Artist Career Development Grant, SFA Faculty Development Grant and Imizu City Fisherman’s Union.
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (Invertebrate Zoology, Cephalopod)
Posted: 12/12/2011 Filed under: NATURE | Tags: cephalopod, deep sea squid, NMNH, ryuta nakajima, Smithsonian, squid and octopus Leave a comment »I spent some time looking at 30 hours of deep sea squid footages and specimen samples at NMNH last week. What an incredible experience to see their cephalopod collection which dates all the way back to the first ocean expedition in 19th century. Here are some samples. This professional visit was made possible by Dr. Mike Vecchione, National Marine Fisheries Service.
