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Philips Develops Fluid Lenses

Posted by simoniker on from the gloop-floop dept.

Lars T. writes "Digital Photography Review has a short report indicating: 'Philips Research at the CeBIT exhibition is demonstrating a unique variable-focus lens system that has no mechanical moving parts. Suited to a wide range of optical imaging applications, including digital cameras.' Here is Philips' press release and the Heise News article (in German) where I first heard about it. The latter also mentions that Philips has recently used the same electrowetting effect in an 'ePaper' display prototype."

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  1. Re:Super DVDs by 0mni · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They have done it, Swinburne Institute of Science made one much larger but the laser required to read it costs many thousands of dollars. (I'm sure other places have made similar things for fun, profit or because they were bored and had nothing better to do.)

  2. How ironic... by Ross+Finlayson · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    That an article about visual clarity would be displayed using white text on a black background.

    Folks (and note, in particular, "Arse(sic) Technica"): please stop doing this! You're not being 'cool' - you're just making your text harder to read.

  3. Re:It's an eye! by Zog+The+Undeniable · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The very same :-)

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