Now that red-eye has been largely banished from digital camera photos, it’s time to remove that other common problem of portrait shots, shut-eye. Yes, a team of scientists have apparently developed a system that eliminates blinking, even from group photographs of up to 30 people. Eye-opening stuff (groan…).

“The system developed by Kaneko’s team gets around the problem by snapping 15 frames in 0.5 seconds after the shutter button is clicked. A computer then rapidly analyses these image, discarding those in which the subject is blinking, leaving photographer with a better final snap.”

Website: New Scientist - Sensor prevents shut-eye in digital snaps