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article_snippet: Scientists have developed a camera system that lets users see round corners using laser light.
article_snippet: a camera system that lets users see round corners using laser light takes advantage of the way light is reflected and refracted to reconstruct the shape of objects outside the field of view.
article_snippet: Researchers at the University of Bonn and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, used a laser to scatter light on a surface. is shone on a surface .
article_snippet: In a demonstration, a laser was shone on a white wall, while a camera watches the scene.
article_snippet: All it can see initially through the lens is a ‘spot’ of light.
article_snippet: A computer records the image and the data is processed so the outlines of an object behind the screen gradually appear.
highlights_snippet: Scientists have been attempting to image light in both states for decades .
  