Camera lens inspired by eyes of extinct trilobites can focus on near and far objects at the same time

Inspiration for new technology is everywhere, even in the fossils of prehistoric creatures it seems. Scientists have developed a nanophotonic light field camera with extreme depth of field capabilities, based on the eye of the extinct trilobite, Dalmanitina socialis. Ask any palaeontology (or just about any 5 year old) and they will tell you that […]