Ultra-thin camera creates images without lenses: New design substitutes an array of light receivers for a lens, making cameras thin, light, cheap, and flexible -- ScienceDaily

Ultra-thin camera creates images without lenses: New design substitutes an array of light receivers for a lens, making cameras thin, light, cheap, and flexible -- ScienceDaily
June 22, 2017 
Source:California Institute of Technology 
Summary:
Engineers have built a camera that does not need lenses to focus light. It can switch from a fish-eye to a telephoto lens instantaneously.