SEOUL: A South Korean scientist has managed to develop a super-wide-angle lens digital camera.
The camera adapts the principle of the eyes of insects, such as dragonflies and flies.
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) has stated that the research team led by Dr. Song Young-min has developed the world’s first super-wide-angle lens digital camera that enables photographs at the range over 160 degrees by applying the fundamentals of insect’s compound eyes.
Dr. Song, who received his PhD from GIST, is currently in a post-doctorate course at Illinois University. Scientists from Harvard University and Northwestern University participated in his research.
A bee with compound eyes, the principle for the super-wide-angle lens, is sitting on the lens developed by Dr. Song’s research team.
This lens was created by combining the image sensors that were formed through small micro-lenses, which are made up of transparent polymerized silicon, and semiconductor process.
The lens was then molded into a semi-circular shape at the last stage. (QNA)
