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Post by Cctv on Apr 27, 2006 16:33:13 GMT -5
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4946452.stm
Bees eyes are made of thousands of lenses An artificial insect eye that could be used in ultra-thin cameras has been developed by scientists in the US. The dimpled eye, contains over 8,500 hexagonal lenses packed into an area the size of a pinhead.
The dome-shaped structure, described in the journal Science, is similar to a bee's eye.
The researchers, from the University of California, Berkeley, say the work may also shed light on how insects developed such complex, visual systems.
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