Non-Reversing Mirror

Posted by Queuebot in Pictures, Science & Tech on March 1, 2009 at 1:57 pm

Andrew Hicks, a mathematician at Drexel University, have created a mirrored surface that is bent in a way so the image you see is not reversed (not a mirror image).

From the New Scientist:

By calculating how to vary the way each of tens of thousands of points on a mirror’s surface reflects light he can create mirrors that do amazing things. For example, reflecting text without reversing it or capturing a full 360ยบ scene without distorting objects.

Link – via geekologie

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by philosophile.

 
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