In 2009, he created the Bigshot Camera, a kid-friendly digital camera designed for experiential learning.[17][18][19] Workshops and programs designed around the Bigshot camera have been used to educate middle school students around the world, in particular in underserved communities. As of August 2021, he has published over 300 scientific publications, holds over 80 patents on inventions related to imaging, computer vision and robotics, his publications have been cited close to 60,000 times, and he has an h-index of 129.[20] In March 2021, Nayar made publicly available a lecture series titled First Principles of Computer Vision.[21]