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Can you see me now? Flexible photodetectors could help sharpen photos
Jan 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Distorted cell-phone photos and big, clunky telephoto lenses could be things of the past. UW-Madison Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor Zhenqiang (Jack) Ma and colleagues ...
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Eye lens and nose cells for smelling have same origin
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Jul 12, 2007 |
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A team of researchers at Umeå University in Sweden have discovered a unique mechanism by which the same signal molecule determines the formation of the both the lens of the eye and the olfactory cells of the nose.
Sony Develops High Frame Rate Single Lens 3D Camera Technology
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Sony today announced the development of a single lens 3D camera technology capable of recording natural and smooth 3D images of even fast-moving subject matter such as sports, at 240fps (frames per second). ...
Liquid lens creates tiny flexible laser on a chip
May 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Like tiny Jedi knights, tunable fluidic micro lenses can focus and direct light at will to count cells, evaluate molecules or create on-chip optical tweezers, according to a team of Penn State engineers. ...
Scientists Find First Creature With Eyes That Use Both Refractive and Reflective Optics
Jan 27, 2009 |
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Florida Atlantic University researcher and member of the Center for Ocean Exploration and Deep-Sea Research at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Dr. Tamara Frank, was part of an international research ...
Breaking the barrier toward nanometer X-ray resolution
Sep 29, 2007 |
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A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have overcome a major obstacle for using refractive lenses to focus x-rays. This method will allow the efficient focusing ...
Tests check out rescue robots' life-saving vision
Jun 12, 2008 |
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To save lives, search and rescue robots crawling through the rubble of a collapsed building or surveying a chemical spill area must be capable of beaming back clear, easily interpretable images of what they "see" to operators ...
Capturing images in non-traditional way may benefit AF
Jul 14, 2009 |
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New research in imaging may lead to advancements for the Air Force in data encryption and wide-area photography with high resolution.
Contact lenses with circuits, lights a possible platform for superhuman vision
Jan 17, 2008 |
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Movie characters from the Terminator to the Bionic Woman use bionic eyes to zoom in on far-off scenes, have useful facts pop into their field of view, or create virtual crosshairs. Off the screen, virtual ...
Hitachi develops a 3mm thin-type finger vein authentication module
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Hitachi, Ltd. today announced the development of a 3mm thick thin-type finger vein authentication module. Finger vein authentication is a biometric identification technology which employs near infrared light ...
Stretchable silicon camera next step to artificial retina
Aug 06, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By combining stretchable optoelectronics and biologically inspired design, scientists have created a remarkable imaging device, with a layout based on the human eye.
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