Curved designs mean simpler optical systems – like eyes with single lens; claimed to be “next major innovation” in imaging. The great curve: Silina’s technology offers benefits to imaging sector.

Curving a standard CMOS image sensor into a convex or concave shape could improve its imaging capabilities (Courtesy: Simona Lombardo) It’s not just televisions and smartphones that are looking ...

Sony has created curved Exmor R CMOS sensors that have the same curvature as the human retina and should be up to twice as sensitive as a flat sensor. On a normal sensor, light rays hit the pixels ...