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		First sensor to directly measure speed uses algorithms from fruit-fly (ieee.org)
		5 points by mhb on Aug 26, 2010 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

kapuzineralex on Aug 26, 2010 [–]

IIRC the sensor uses optical flow and hence doesn't measure speed "directly" -- in spite of the fact that the article states so at its very beginning. Anyway, this technique is kind of promising and I'm curious to see the future results.

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