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Origami Helps Cellphone Cameras To Focus

Posted by simoniker on from the introducing-the-blade-runner-approach dept.

Sea Monkey writes "New Scientist has an article on the development of novel and ultra-cheap micromotor technology. It's a new type of linear motor, 'using a technique closer to origami than engineering' to cut slits out of tiny piezoelectric ceramic parts. One of the envisioned applications is taking a sheet of the material with the motors, wrapping it into a tube and moving a lens up and down it - instant tiny movable focusing element for cellphone camera lenses."

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  1. this was available in print 5 days ago by rokzy · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    and I don't like the fact that cut'n'pasting new scientist is a cheap way to get articles.

    why not just put a header on the science section "READ NEW SCIENTIST" ?

    it might have been worthwhile if the submitter could have been bothered to link this with anything else...

    maybe editors should reject any article whose only link is to another site's article?

    1. Re:this was available in print 5 days ago by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Uhh... have you ever actually read slashdot before? It points out interesting things on OTHER FUCKING WEBSITES. THATS WHAT IT DOES.