In the future, any surface could become a camera.
Researchers at Columbia University’s Computer Vision Lab have developed a flexible “sheet camera” that can be attached to any surface, taking photos and videos from angles previously impossible.
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 about the tech (embedded below). Read more…
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