September 18, 2013

Lens Combines Human and Insect Vision to Focus Wide-Angle Views



Multi-Part Lens Expands, Contracts to Change Focus

A lens invented at The Ohio State University combines the focusing ability of a human eye with the wide-angle view of an insect eye to capture images with depth.

The results could be smartphones that rival the photo quality of digital cameras, and surgical imaging that enables doctors to see inside the human body like never before.