Program allows ordinary digital camera to see round corners

Scientists say computational periscopy program works out hidden scene in under a minuteScience may never tell us what lies round the next corner, but researchers have come up with the nearest thing: a computer program that turns a normal digital camera into a periscope.In a demonstration of “computational periscopy” a US team at Boston University showed they could see details of objects hidden from view by analysing shadows they cast on a nearby wall.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 23, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Science Technology World news Photography Source Type: news