Caltech ditches the optics for a slimmer camera future
New Atlas - Fri 23 Jun 17While cameras continue to get smaller, using a lens to focus light physically limits this process, even with ultra-thin flat lenses on the way, and explains why so many smartphones have ...
Ultra-thin camera creates images without lenses
Phys.org - Thu 22 Jun 17Traditional cameras—even those on the thinnest of cell phones—cannot be truly flat due to their optics: lenses that require a certain shape and size in order to function. At Caltech, engineers ...
Ultra-thin Camera Creates Images Without Lenses, Laboratory Equipment - Thu 22 Jun 17Ultra-thin camera creates images without lenses, Eurekalert - Thu 22 Jun 17
Caltech is developing an ultra-thin lens-less camera
Techspot - Thu 22 Jun 17Smartphone manufacturers continually try to make their devices thinner, even while creeping them progressively closer to tablet size. One obstacle to creating a thinner phone is the camera. ...
'Lensless camera' could make smartphones flat
Daily Mail - Thu 22 Jun 17Engineers at California Institute of Technology have now developed a camera design that replaces lenses with an ultra-thin optical phased array (OPA) chip.
Could Caltech's 'lensless camera' mean flatter phones? - CNET
CNET Cutting Edge - Thu 22 Jun 17Researchers at Caltech say that they're developing a single-layer 'lensless camera' that can switch from a fisheye to a telephoto lens instantly.
Lensless camera designed to be paper-thin and do anything a traditional camera does
ZME Science - Thu 22 Jun 17Except being bulky.
Caltech's 'lensless camera' could make our phones truly flat
Engadget - Thu 22 Jun 17Even as our phones get thinner, there's one spot that keeps sticking out: the camera lens. Taking good pictures and being able to focus at multiple distances requires a layer of ...