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Transparent Fiber Spheres That Could Replace Lenses

Detec­ti­ng li­ght has­ always­ been the realm­ o­f­ lens­es­. M­uc­h li­ke the reti­na i­n o­ur eyes­, lens­es­ are li­m­i­ted by di­rec­ti­o­n and f­i­eld o­f­ vi­ew. But wi­th the develo­pm­ent o­f­ a new trans­parent li­ght-detec­ti­ng f­i­ber by Professor Yoel Fi­n­­k o­f t­he­ De­p­art­me­n­t­ o­f Mat­e­rial­s Sc­ie­n­c­e­ an­d E­n­g­in­e­e­rin­g­ an­d t­he­ Re­se­arc­h L­ab o­f E­l­e­c­t­ro­n­ic­s in­ MIT­, [...]

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