Scientists from VTT Technical Research Centre in Finland have created the world's first hyperspectral mobile device that would enable consumers to use their mobile phones to sense environment and other abstract things like food quality or monitor health. This will bring the new possibilities of low-cost spectral imaging to consumer applications. Hyperspectral cameras, which are traditionally expensive, have been used for demanding medical and industrial, space and environmental sensing. The cost-effective optical MEMS (Micro Opto Electro Mechanical Systems) spectral technology enables the development of new mobile applications for environmental sensing and observation from vehicles and drones. Optical spectral imaging offers a versatile way of sensing various objects and analysing material properties.

Source: dna November 29, 2016 05:29 UTC