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This Perfectly Flat Fisheye Lens Could Help Shave Down Camera Bumps – Gizmodo Australia
Fisheye lenses make for some cool photos, but their most distinctive feature is that the glass is curved. The need for multiple bits of curved glass makes fisheye lenses both bulky and expensive. However, engineers at MIT and the University of Massachusetts a…
Fisheye lenses make for some cool photos, but their most distinctive feature is that the glass is curved. The need for multiple bits of curved glass makes fisheye lenses both bulky and expensive. However, engineers at MIT and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell have figured out a way to make a fisheye lens thats completely flat and could be applied in consumer devices, medical applications, and more.
The method of flattening something that is known for being bubble-like is pretty clever….
