Voltage-controlled electrochromic transitions in polymer-based photodetectors encode task-relevant hyperspectral projections directly at the pixel level, enabling compact, low-power imaging sensors that compress data in situ while preserving classification and segmentation performance.
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Yan, X. When a camera thinks. Nat. Sens. 1, 381–382 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44460-026-00066-8
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