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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."

2 of 132 comments (clear)

  1. Oh come on now... by WwWonka · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm a guy, I have NO idea how to give the fine ladies an oragami.

  2. PZT motors are brittle by Compuser · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Oh man, I work with PZT all the time. It is so
    brittle it hurts. Dropping this camera will be
    a disaster. Heck, even the kinda jolt from
    car traffic and the like (stuff that used to
    make old cd players skip) may break this motor.