From Newsgroup: sci.electronics.design

This new camera sees the invisible in 3D without lenses
Lens-free system delivers clear mid-infrared images in low light and across long distances, opening possibilities for better night vision, industrial inspection and environmental monitoring.
Date:
September 26, 2025
Source:
Optica
Summary:
Scientists have developed a lens-free mid-infrared camera using a modern twist on pinhole imaging.
The system uses nonlinear crystals to convert infrared light into visible,
allowing standard sensors to capture sharp, wide-range images without distortion.
It can also create precise 3D reconstructions even in extremely low light.
Though still experimental, the technology promises affordable, portable infrared
imaging for safety, industrial, and environmental uses.

Link:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250926035048.htm

Cool!
Paper:
https://opg.optica.org/directpdfaccess/df7f9212-2165-41a1-8c50bd313d1eec30_577004/optica-12-9-1478.pdf

Still a huge setup, but who knows maybe it can be made smaller and simpler.
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On 9/28/25 09:53, Jan Panteltje wrote:

This new camera sees the invisible in 3D without lenses
Lens-free system delivers clear mid-infrared images in low light and across long distances, opening possibilities for better night vision, industrial inspection and environmental monitoring.
Date:
September 26, 2025
Source:
Optica
Summary:
Scientists have developed a lens-free mid-infrared camera using a modern twist on pinhole imaging.
The system uses nonlinear crystals to convert infrared light into visible,
allowing standard sensors to capture sharp, wide-range images without distortion.
It can also create precise 3D reconstructions even in extremely low light.
Though still experimental, the technology promises affordable, portable infrared
imaging for safety, industrial, and environmental uses.

Link:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250926035048.htm

Cool!
Paper:
https://opg.optica.org/directpdfaccess/df7f9212-2165-41a1-8c50bd313d1eec30_577004/optica-12-9-1478.pdf

Still a huge setup, but who knows maybe it can be made smaller and simpler.

Interesting gadget, a sort of super-heterodyne receiver for light.
The low-light sensitivity of a pinhole camera is of course dismal.

Jeroen Belleman
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 07:53:08 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
wrote:

This new camera sees the invisible in 3D without lenses
Lens-free system delivers clear mid-infrared images in low light and across long distances, opening possibilities for better night vision, industrial inspection and environmental monitoring.
Date:
September 26, 2025
Source:
Optica
Summary:
Scientists have developed a lens-free mid-infrared camera using a modern twist on pinhole imaging.
The system uses nonlinear crystals to convert infrared light into visible, allowing standard sensors to capture sharp, wide-range images without distortion.
It can also create precise 3D reconstructions even in extremely low light. Though still experimental, the technology promises affordable, portable infrared
imaging for safety, industrial, and environmental uses.

Link:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250926035048.htm

Cool!
Paper:
https://opg.optica.org/directpdfaccess/df7f9212-2165-41a1-8c50bd313d1eec30_577004/optica-12-9-1478.pdf

Still a huge setup, but who knows maybe it can be made smaller and simpler.

ScienceDaily again?

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From Newsgroup: sci.electronics.design

On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 07:53:08 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
wrote:

This new camera sees the invisible in 3D without lenses
Lens-free system delivers clear mid-infrared images in low light and across long distances, opening possibilities for better
night vision, industrial inspection and environmental monitoring.
Date:
September 26, 2025
Source:
Optica
Summary:
Scientists have developed a lens-free mid-infrared camera using a modern twist on pinhole imaging.
The system uses nonlinear crystals to convert infrared light into visible, >> allowing standard sensors to capture sharp, wide-range images without distortion.
It can also create precise 3D reconstructions even in extremely low light. >> Though still experimental, the technology promises affordable, portable infrared
imaging for safety, industrial, and environmental uses.

Link:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250926035048.htm

Cool!
Paper:
https://opg.optica.org/directpdfaccess/df7f9212-2165-41a1-8c50bd313d1eec30_577004/optica-12-9-1478.pdf

Still a huge setup, but who knows maybe it can be made smaller and simpler.

ScienceDaily again?

Yes real research, unlike dreaming up pulse generators for fusion projects that never will work.
I did not even link in the OLED holographic thing that is on the site today. And it is a _whole_ lot better than what comes out of the tramp darkhouse and a whole lot more interesting!

And, sciencedaily covers a very broad field of sciences, and as all in this universe is connected
what you can learn in one field you can use in the other.
I have worked in many fields of electronics, and you need to understand the field you program - or design for
and that then gives you a broader understanding of our 'universe'.
beep!




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