Bioinspired Camera Could Help Self-Driving Cars See Better
Inspired by the visual system of the mantis shrimp—among the most complex found in nature–researchers have created a new type of camera that could greatly improve the ability of cars to spot hazards in challenging imaging conditions. Full story on the OSA’s website. You can read more about it here:
IEEE best paper award in the Sensory Circuits and Systems Track
We received the Best Paper Award in the Sensory Circuits and Systems track at the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) in Florence, Italy. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make it to the conference this time.
2018 – April
New camera gives surgeons a butterfly’s-eye view of cancer
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Washington University in St. Louis have developed a surgical camera inspired by the eye of the morpho butterfly. The camera, connected to the goggles a surgeon wears, sees infrared signals given off by tumor-binding dyes so that the surgeon can remove all of the cancerous tissue. Full story on EurekAlert!’s website. You can read more about it here:
Mantis shrimp-inspired camera enables glimpse into hidden world
By mimicking the eye of the mantis shrimp, Illinois researchers have developed an ultra-sensitive camera capable of sensing both color and polarization. The bioinspired imager can potentially improve early cancer detection and help provide a new understanding of underwater phenomena, the researchers said. More information on youtube. Full story on EurekAlert!’s website. You can read more about it here:
ECE ILLINOIS visiting scholar Missael Garcia Hernandez, along with Associate Professor Viktor Gruev, won two Best Paper Awards at the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS). These distinctions include the Best Paper Award in the Sensory Circuits and Systems track, and, most impressively, the Best Student Paper Award, chosen among around 800 papers. Gruev, who was the principal investigator for the research, is also affiliated with the Beckman Institute and MNTL. You can read more about it here:
IEEE best paper award in the Sensory Circuits and Systems Track
We received the Best Paper Award in the Sensory Circuits and Systems track at the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) in Lisbon, Portugal.
