Researchers Recreate Insect's Eye in Lab
BERKELEY, Calif., May 1, 2006 -- Using the eyes of insects such as dragonflies and houseflies as models, a team of bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, has created a series of artificial compound eyes that could be used to make ultrathin camera phones or wearable cameras.
These eyes can eventually be used as sensory detectors to capture visual or chemical information from a wider field of vision than previously possible, even with the best fish-eye lens, said Luke P. Lee, the team's principal...