Tel Aviv spin-out Unispectral reveals lens and image processing software that allows users to break down the chemical components of almost any object.

Unispectral Technologies, an Israel-based spin-out of Tel Aviv University that is backed by conglomerate Tata, has developed technology that can turn a smartphone into a hyperspectral sensor.

With an optical lens and image processing software, Unispectral’s technology allows a regular smartphone to break down the chemical components of almost any object it is pointed at.

Essentially, the software can keep an image’s resolution clean while the lens zooms further in, picking up hyperspectral signatures of materials used in an object’s…