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Researchers Create Artificial Insect Eye

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fly-spy dept.

maxzilla writes "An artificial insect eye that could be used in ultra-thin cameras has been developed by scientists in the US.The dimpled eye, contains over 8,500 hexagonal lenses packed into an area the size of a pinhead. The dome-shaped structure, described in the journal Science, is similar to a bee's eye. The researchers, from the University of California, Berkeley, say the work may also shed light on how insects developed such complex, visual systems. Darpa is also funding this project with applications expected for digital cameras and high speed motion detectors."

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  1. Apple's All Seing Screen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Isn't the article posted this week about Apple's All Seeing Monitor somewhat like this?

  2. Re:Hooray! by Adriax · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Phew, that's good, the dog's sensitive noses were having problems with the lawyer's natural oders.

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  3. Re:Hooray! by Fred_A · · Score: 1, Redundant

    It just confirms that god currently works as a scientist in the US. Something we've known for a long time really... ;)

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  4. Mod parent up goddamnit! by Vo0k · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Good one :)

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  5. The Summary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That summary, was very well written.

  6. Re:And here the troll goes again... by aiyo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm sorry, I think I missed it. Can you point out which section if the ID manual explains particle physics?