FlexibleSheetCamera

Latest

  • Flexible lens sheets could change way cameras see

    by 
    Steve Dent
    Steve Dent
    04.18.2016

    Cameras are already embedded in a lot of devices, but what you could wrap them around things like a "skin?" That's the premise of "flexible sheet cameras" developed by scientists at Columbia University. Rather than having just a single sensor, the devices use an array of lenses that change properties when the material is bent. The research could lead to credit card-sized, large-format cameras that you zoom by bending, or turn objects like cars or lamp posts into 360-degree VR cameras.