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04-18-2016, 06:34 PM
Thin, flexible 'sheet camera' could turn any surface into a camera
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In the future, any surface could become a camera.
Researchers at Columbia University's Computer Vision Lab have developed (http://www.cs.columbia.edu/CAVE/projects/flexible_sheet_cameras/)*a flexible "sheet camera" that can be attached to any surface, taking photos and videos from angles previously impossible.
SEE ALSO: The search for the ultimate smartphone camera (http://mashable.com/2015/12/16/best-smartphone-camera-2015/)
For instance, the thin flexible sheet camera could be wrapped around a lamp post to record 360-degree videos, around the outside of a car to help drivers see blind spots, or even used as a regular camera that fits into a wallet.
"If such cameras can be made at a low cost (ideally, like a roll of plastic sheet), they can be used to image the world in ways that would be difficult to achieve using one or more conventional cameras," the researchers say in a video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_Ve0XPVdTc) about the tech (embedded below). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/18/flexible-sheet-camera/)
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In the future, any surface could become a camera.
Researchers at Columbia University's Computer Vision Lab have developed (http://www.cs.columbia.edu/CAVE/projects/flexible_sheet_cameras/)*a flexible "sheet camera" that can be attached to any surface, taking photos and videos from angles previously impossible.
SEE ALSO: The search for the ultimate smartphone camera (http://mashable.com/2015/12/16/best-smartphone-camera-2015/)
For instance, the thin flexible sheet camera could be wrapped around a lamp post to record 360-degree videos, around the outside of a car to help drivers see blind spots, or even used as a regular camera that fits into a wallet.
"If such cameras can be made at a low cost (ideally, like a roll of plastic sheet), they can be used to image the world in ways that would be difficult to achieve using one or more conventional cameras," the researchers say in a video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_Ve0XPVdTc) about the tech (embedded below). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/18/flexible-sheet-camera/)
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