This intricate structure of blue rods and red dots is a cross section through the eye of a damselfly. Insects’ compound eyes are structured very differently than the eyes of humans and other mammals, ...

Phil, Mag. from Magasin Encyclopedique, February, 1814.

Shrimp look an awful lot like bugs. The exoskeletons, jointed legs and compound eyes of both groups of living things give ...

Most insects also have wings, although a few, like fleas, don’t. All have compound eyes, which means insects see very differently from the way people see. Instead of one lens per eye, they have many: ...

A challenge in building digital cameras with the hemispherical, compound apposition layouts of arthropod eyes is that essential design requirements cannot be met with existing planar sensor ...

Drawing inspiration from insects’ compound eyes, researchers have created a lens-free compound eye with motion-tracking capabilities and an incredibly wide field of vision. The Hong Kong ...