Fluid Focus
Liquid lenses challenge glass optics In place of glass lenses that move in order to focus, liquid optics uses a drop of water that changes shape when an electric charge is applied. The system is...
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What if You Had a Reality-Augmenting Lens Right In Your Eye?
Information In Your EyeUniversity of WashingtonIt's the year 2023 and you're lost in a gigametropolis full of flying cars and robots who have achieved singularity. A guide literally appears before your...
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First Acoustic Hyperlens Boosts Power of Ultrasound and Sonar
HyperlensGiving ultrasound and sonar a brass magnifierXiang Zhang research groupNew lens provides eightfold boost in magnification of sound-based imaging Imaging an unborn fetus and and spotting a...
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First-Ever Photochromic Contact Lenses May Replace Sunglasses
Photochromic Contact Lenses Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, via MITI wear glasses, but don't own contact lenses. And while this normally doesn't make a difference, staring into the...
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Sony's Flip Competitor Spins 360-degree Footage
Sony Bloggie MHS-PM5 with 360 LensCorinne IozzioNearly every camera maker has their own Flip-style pocket camcorder, and by and larger they're all the same. Sony's Bloggie, though, ups the stakes,...
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Microsoft's New Lens Promises 3-D TVs Sans Glasses
Microsoft's Glasses-Free 3-D LensMicrosoftEveryone's got World Cup Fever this weekend, and for a lucky few that means getting the chance to break in their brand-spankin'-new 3-D TVs as the matches are...
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New! The PopPhoto.com Buying Guide
PopPhoto.com Buying Guidepopphoto.com/buying-guideOur sister site PopPhoto.com just launched a great new feature: The Buying Guide. It's a complete database of every DSLR and lens worth your attention...
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Video: New Liquid Pistons Made of Magnetic Droplets Could Power Self-Focusing...
Liquid PistonsLiquid pistons can be used to pump small amounts of liquid.Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteA pair of magnetic liquid drops oscillating in opposite directions can function as a liquid...
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Single Stationary Microscope Lens Can Capture 3D Images
One Millimeter Ballpoint Pen Tip Viewed Through The LensCourtesy Ohio State UniversityEngineers at Ohio State University have created the first stand-alone, stationary lens that can create microscopic...
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One Camera With 40,000 Lenses Helps Prevent Blurry Images
Raytrix R11Claire BenoistFor all its virtues, digital photography has yet to correct one age-old weakness: If you blow the focus, you've most likely lost the shot. An emerging lens system, known as...
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Nikon's First Mirrorless Cameras Can Use Regular DSLR Lenses Despite Tinyness
Nikon J1 and V1NikonOur friends over at PopPhoto got a look at the new Nikon J1 and V1, Nikon's first forays into mirrorless cameras. The big benefit of mirrorless cameras is a huge reduction in size...
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Image Gallery: Nikon's New Mirrorless J1 in Action
Nikon J1NikonCurious about what the photos from that schmancy new tiny mirrorless Nikon camera actually look like? Our buddy Dan Bracaglia over at Popular Photography spent all day today meticulously...
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Camera and Lens Guts
Exploded CameraStan HoraczekWhile we were out looking at superfast blast-chilling fridges and shiny new phones and other gadgets, the hard-working photo nerds at our sister site Popular Photography...
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This Lensless Camera Is Never Out Of Focus
Compressive SensingarXiv:1305.7181 [cs.CV]It creates images using only a fraction of the data a normal camera would. Researchers from Bell Labs in New Jersey have created a camera that operates without...
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Fluid Focus
A Liquid Lens Camera Akkord In place of glass lenses that move in order to focus, liquid optics uses a drop of water that changes shape when an electric charge is applied. The system is smaller and...
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What if You Had a Reality-Augmenting Lens Right In Your Eye?
Information In Your Eye University of Washington It's the year 2023 and you're lost in a gigametropolis full of flying cars and robots who have achieved singularity. A guide literally appears before...
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First Acoustic Hyperlens Boosts Power of Ultrasound and Sonar
Hyperlens Giving ultrasound and sonar a brass magnifier Xiang Zhang research group Imaging an unborn fetus and and spotting a lurking submarine could both become much easier with the world's first...
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First-Ever Photochromic Contact Lenses May Replace Sunglasses
Photochromic Contact Lenses Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, via MITI wear glasses, but don't own contact lenses. And while this normally doesn't make a difference, staring into the...
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Sony's Flip Competitor Spins 360-degree Footage
Sony Bloggie MHS-PM5 with 360 Lens Corinne Iozzio Nearly every camera maker has their own Flip-style pocket camcorder, and by and larger they're all the same. Sony's Bloggie, though, ups the stakes,...
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Microsoft's New Lens Promises 3-D TVs Sans Glasses
Everyone's got World Cup Fever this weekend, and for a lucky few that means getting the chance to break in their brand-spankin'-new 3-D TVs as the matches are broadcast from South Africa. For those who...
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