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Published online 7 December 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news041206-5

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Plastic eye mimics octopus vision

Onion-like layers create flexible, lightweight lens.

A lens resembling an octopus eye has been created by US researchers. The sphere consists of hundreds of thousands of layers of plastic and could revolutionize cameras, telescopes and spectacles.

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