MIT Prof invents camera that sees around corners

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//classifications/world%20of%20tech/canon100IS-200-200.jpg"><br /><P>A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor has invented a new digital camera that can see around corners.</P><br /><P>The new camera will allow users to shoot pictures of people and scenes around the corner of a building.</P><br /><P><STRONG>Laser-vision</STRONG></P><br /><P>The tech magic is down to the use of an ultra-short high-intensity burst of laser light which illuminates the scene, by collecting tiny amounts of light that bounce around objects around corners hidden from the human eye. </P><br /><P>A femtosecond laser lets the camera shoot ultra-short bursts of laser light that last for one quadrillionth of a second.</P><br /><P>The MIT team hopes the new camera tech will have numerous useful military applications. </P><br /><P>"It's like having x-ray vision without the x-rays," said Prof. Ramesh Raskar, head of the Camera Culture group at the MIT Media Lab.</P><br /><P>"But we're going around the problem rather than going through it.</P><br /><P><STRONG>"</STRONG>You could generate a map before you go into a dangerous place like a building fire, or a robotic car could use the system to compute the path it should take around a corner before it takes it," added Prof Raskar </P><br /><P>Professor Raskar and his team have been working on developing the new camera tech for the last three years</P>

MIT Prof invents camera that sees around corners

A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor has invented a new digital camera that can see around corners. The new camera will a...

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