UCLA engineers have made major improvements on their design of an optical neural network –a device inspired by how the human brain works – that can identify objects or process information at... Read more
Along with flying and invisibility, high on the list of every child’s aspirational superpowers is the ability to see through or around walls or other visual obstacles. That capability is now... Read more
Specim Oy, a VTT spin-off, has developed the world’s first mobile hyperspectral camera for the fast, high-level analysis of a range of samples. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland... Read more
Innovative computational imaging approach could advance applications from brain research to self-driving cars Researchers have developed an easy-to-build camera that produces 3D images from... Read more
Scientists have developed a camera that can see through the human body. The camera is designed to help doctors track medical tools known as endoscopes that are used to investigate a range of... Read more
New design substitutes an array of light receivers for a lens, making cameras thin, light, cheap, and flexible Traditional cameras—even those on the thinnest of cell phones—cannot be truly f... Read more
A new noninvasive alternative to colonoscopies is as easy as swallowing a pill. The patient ingests PillCamâ„¢ Colon 2, a capsule containing two miniature cameras on either end. As the capsule... Read more
Lytro’s light field cameras haven’t proven themselves to be huge sellers in the consumer market, but the technology might be set to revolutionize professional cinematography. Lyt... Read more
Columbia Engineering researchers develop a deformable lens array and set the stage for thin and flexible sheet cameras A team led by Shree K. Nayar, T.C. Chang Professor of Computer Science... Read more
A new subsea camera has been developed that can see two to three times further under water than existing cameras and calculate distances to objects. This will make work carried out under wat... Read more
How thin can a camera be? Very, say Rice University researchers who have developed patented prototypes of their technological breakthrough. FlatCam, invented by the Rice labs of electrical a... Read more
The usefulness of the panorama camera is by no means limited to sporting events. In future, soccer and music fans will be able to choose the camera angle when watching live matches and conce... Read more