We just might be on the verge of a new and very, very exciting digital photography technology. While the normal 3-megapixel sensor would see things in a flat 2D image, this new technology does not. Developers of this technology, Keith Fife and colleagues, call this the multi-aperture image sensor. Compared to normal digital cameras which takes pics in a flat 2D image, using this technology, the pic taken is divided into 16x16 pixel squares called subarrays. These subarrays are slightly overlapping. Each subarray has its own lens for viewing (thus, multi-aperture). An image processing software analyzes distances afterwards. Which means that using the multi-aperture image sensor technology, will be able to capture the depth of images, and hence, produce 3D pictures (when technology is fully-developed). If and when it becomes a staple in digital camera, it will surely change the way we see photography.