Ever heard of a sphericular display? [AnubisTTP] laid hands on a (damaged) Burroughs SD-11 Sphericular Display and tore down the unusual device to see what was inside. It’s a type of projection ...

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 ...

In what is the first discovery of an Einstein zig-zag lens in the universe, a team of international astronomers have sighted two galaxies which are aligned in a way where their gravity acts as a ...

Scientists have created a camera lens that is so small it is around the size of a grain of salt and could take higher-quality images of the insides of our bodies than current technology can. Today, ...

Threading the needle: a tiny lens on the tip of an optical fibre. (Courtesy: University of Stuttgart) A new method for 3D-printing micro-sized, high-quality compound lenses directly onto image sensors ...

Additive manufacturing enables new and unprecedented engineering and production possibilities that are predicted to have an enormous impact in the twenty-first century. The technology allows for the ...

The neural nano-optical camera’s output (right) compared to a previous metasurface cameras (left). Image: Princeton University Computational Imaging Lab A team of engineers has built a camera about ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Five hundred million years ago, the oceans teemed with trillions ...

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 ...