Smartphone cameras will detect health abnormalities

Scientists have created the world's first hyperspectral mobile device by converting a smartphone camera into an optical sensor which can sense food quality or monitor health. Hyperspectral cameras, which are traditionally expensive, have been used for demanding medical and industrial, space and environmental sensing.

The cost-effective optical Micro Opto Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) spectral technology enables the development of new mobile applications for environmental sensing and observation from vehicles and drones, said researchers from VTT Technical Research Centre in Finland.

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