Artificial eyeball does away with distorted images


	Artificial eyeball does away with distorted images

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/45512f50-9ab9-4c64-84a8-710e7e91f990/D78A1D8D-232F-4294-B0D6-9CB881ED6FC4/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn14477-artificial-eyeball-does-away-with-distorted-images.html?feedId=tech_rss20" href="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn14477-artificial-eyeball-does-away-with-distorted-images.html?feedId=tech_rss20" style="font-size: 11px;">technology.newscientist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn14477-artificial-eyeball-does-away-with-distorted-images.html?feedId=tech_rss20"><H4 class="inline">Artificial eyeball does away with distorted images</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn14477-artificial-eyeball-does-away-with-distorted-images.html?feedId=tech_rss20"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
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</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn14477-artificial-eyeball-does-away-with-distorted-images.html?feedId=tech_rss20"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Kurt Kleiner</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn14477-artificial-eyeball-does-away-with-distorted-images.html?feedId=tech_rss20"><P>Mimicking the curves of a human retina has enabled a digital image sensor to take wide-angle pictures without distortion. This is possible thanks to an improved method of transferring silicon sensors onto a curved surface.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn14477-artificial-eyeball-does-away-with-distorted-images.html?feedId=tech_rss20"><P>The electronic eyeball design can allow small cameras to capture wide-angle views with low distortion. That could be useful in a range of situations, from policing, to <A href="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19726396.000-critter-cams-reveal-animal-secrets.html" linkindex="22">attaching cameras to wildlife</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn14477-artificial-eyeball-does-away-with-distorted-images.html?feedId=tech_rss20"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/technology.newscientist.com/img/70EFAE3C-FA20-4051-82E3-18E7A4FA4DD8" alt="By assembling an array of photodiodes bound flexibly with wire, researchers have managed to create curved image sensors that mimic a biological retina (Image: University of Illinois)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn14477-artificial-eyeball-does-away-with-distorted-images.html?feedId=tech_rss20"><DIV class="straptext">By assembling an array of photodiodes bound flexibly with wire, researchers have managed to create curved image sensors that mimic a biological retina (Image: University of Illinois)</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn14477-artificial-eyeball-does-away-with-distorted-images.html?feedId=tech_rss20"><P>Although the camera they created has only 256 pixels and is therefore relatively low-resolution, Rogers says that the same technique could be used to make wide-angle megapixel cameras.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn14477-artificial-eyeball-does-away-with-distorted-images.html?feedId=tech_rss20">He says the most likely application for the new camera is for military surveillance,</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D78A1D8D-232F-4294-B0D6-9CB881ED6FC4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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