Anyone who's tried to swat a pesky mosquito knows how quickly the insects can evade a hand or fly swatter. The pests' compound eyes, which provide a wide field of view, are largely responsible for ...

Researchers have shown how liquid crystals can be employed to create compound lenses similar to those found in nature. Taking advantage of the geometry in which these liquid crystals like to arrange ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Drawing inspiration from an insect's multi-faceted eye, University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have created miniature lenses with vast range of vision. Their new approach created ...

Biotemplating experts based in Spain and the US have reproduced a fruit fly's compound eye in chalcogenide glass – a material with excellent infrared optical properties and good mechanical durability.

A digital camera that has a lens that very closely mimics the compound eye of arthropods in all respects — wide-angle field of view of nearly 160 degrees, low aberration, high sharpness of vision, and ...

Anyone who’s tried to swat a pesky mosquito knows how quickly the insects can evade a hand or fly swatter. The pests’ compound eyes, which provide a wide field of view, are largely responsible for ...