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Re:First commercial curved CMOS sensor from startup CURVE by vel0city on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @07:01PM (#25437172)
Take a sheet of paper and wrap it around a ball. Notice how it folds?

If you could take a flat surface and have it represent the surface of a sphere without warping (or vice-versa), we wouldn't have constant debates about what kind of map projections are best.

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Re:First commercial curved CMOS sensor from startup CURVE by plasticchris on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @11:13PM (#25438976)
Maybe you could make it like an orange peel and bend it mostly sideways? Depends on how rigid it is. Or cut ridges like a fresnel lens? Or like lasik? All depends on the material properties.
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Re:First commercial curved CMOS sensor from startup CURVE by sudosysgen on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @07:25PM (#25437382)
Yes, I agree. What I mean is that by varying the thickness, you can get it very close to or exactly a sphere.
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