But now scientists have developed a camera system that lets users see round corners using laser light. By tracking diffusely reflected light, the invention reconstructs the shape of objects ...

Google's desktop search UI is being updated to more closely follow the latest evolution of the company's Material Design guidelines — this means rounded corners ... from light grey to white.

The system works by shining a short pulse of laser on the floor just beyond a corner and watching what happens to the light as it is scattered. When the scattered light meets a object hidden ...

By taking consecutive frames of the shifting light spilling through it, they were able to construct pictures of what was happening out of sight. But, counterintuitively, corners are even better ...