News & Reviews:   stretchable lenses

If you think your camera should be a box that takes pictures – think again. Researchers at Columbia University are now working to produce a flexible sheet camera with stretchable lenses. They aim to create thin cameras that can be wrapped around surfaces – like cars or pillars. It is currently at a research stage, but the sheet lens array that may be used in a future camera has been developed to capture images when is wrapped around an object.