The Stretchable Silicon Camera
What is being described as the next step to creating an artificial retina, technology inspired by the human eye could push the photographic image farther forward by producing improved images with a wider field of view.
In a recently released report, researchers at the University of Illinois and Northwestern University have developed a high-performance, hemispherical “eye” camera using an array of single-crystalline silicon detectors and electronics, configured in a stretchable, interconnected mesh. The work opens new possibilities for advanced camera design. It also foreshadows artificial retinas for bionic eyes similar in concept to those in the movie “Terminator” and other popular science fiction. Sounds like something to keep an eye on in futures trading. Haha…all those puns in one sentence. I kill myself…lol
“Conformally wrapping surfaces with stretchable sheets of optoelectronics provides a practical route for integrating well-developed planar device technologies onto complex curvilinear objects,” said John Rogers, the Flory-Founder Chair Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Illinois, and corresponding author of the paper.
“This approach allows us to put electronics in places where we couldn’t before,” Rogers said. “We can now, for the first time, move device design beyond the flatland constraints of conventional wafer-based systems.” read more
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I’ve heard about this. I’m really liking the bio-technology push that researchers are taking. Like the computer chips being designed around the functions of bacteria..pretty cool stuff