By borrowing a trick from tiny jumping spiders, Northwestern University engineers have developed an extremely ...

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A tiny jumping spider has inspired a new type of 3D camera that uses very little power while still producing detailed depth maps in real time. Engineers at Northwestern University developed the device ...