U.S. researchers have created the world's first "human eye" camera that could revolutionise photography, according to meida reports Thursday.
The prototype device is about the same size and shape as a real eye and has a curved "retina" that is sensitive to light.
Digital cameras work by focusing light onto a silicon chip containing light-sensitive pixels. But expanding the field of view leads to distortion around the edges. That's why vertebrate eyes are round -- to capture more of a scene without losing clarity.
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