Wasp Eye Insprires Ultra-Thin Camera

Jan-02-19 The structure of the eye of the wasp has inspired an innovative, ultra-thin camera.

Developed by the team from KAIST, the prototype camera was based upon the eye structure of the Xenos peckii wasp, and measures only 1.4 mm thick with a 3.4 mm diameter. Instead of the standard stack of lenses, the camera relies on a microprism and microlens paired array. Each lens pairing forms a channel that captures a piece of the desired image at different orientations without optical interference, and those images can be combined to create a high-resolution image of the whole subject.

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