Clipped from: The bionic eye: Light-curving camera that may help the blind to see | Mail Online06th August 2008
The bionic eye: Light-curving camera that may help the blind to see
For years, scientists have set their sights on creating bionic eye transplants to help the blind see.
Yesterday they came a step closer after announcing they had made a camera that can reproduce human vision.
American researchers predict it will revolutionise digital photography and video - and one day even give the gift of sight.
Clipped from: New Light Sensor Mimicks Eye for Superior Camera Performance - Medgadget - www.medgadget.comNew Light Sensor Mimicks Eye for Superior Camera Performance
One of the disadvantages of modern photo cameras is the flat image sensor that converts light into electric signals. Because of its shape, optics must make up for various aberrations that come to light (excuse the pun). Now scientists at Northwestern University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed technology that allows for building curved sensors and accompanying electronics. The technology one day might come in handy for developing artificial retinas or next generation endoscopic devices.
Clipped from: nsf.gov - News - The Shape of Things to Come - US National Science Foundation (NSF)
Press Release 08-132
The Shape of Things to Come
Flexible web of micro-sensors enables eye-shaped camera, heralds new class of electronics technology that can conform to almost any shape
Clipped from: nsf.gov - News - Video - John Rogers describes the new camera he helped develop that is based on the eye's structure. - US National Science Foundation (NSF)
View video interviews by engineers John Rogers of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Yonggang Huang of Northwestern University.Play Video
Clipped from: nsf.gov - News - Video - Yonggang Huang describes the new retina-like camera sensor and flexible photosensitive pixels. - US National Science Foundation (NSF)
Yonggang Huang describes the new retina-like camera sensor and flexible photosensitive pixels.
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The bionic eye: Light-curving camera that may help the blind to see | Mail Online
New Light Sensor Mimicks Eye for Superior Camera Performance - Medgadget - www.medgadget.com
Today, Stretchable Optoelectronics - Tomorrow, Artificial Retina | Scientific Blogging
nsf.gov - News - The Shape of Things to Come - US National Science Foundation (NSF)
The shape of things to come
Eye-shaped camera wraps around any hemisphere - R & D
Next-Generation Digital Cameras | CleanBeta
