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New Digital Camera Lens Made of Liquid

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the can-you-see-me-now dept.

Clarinase writes "101reviews is running an article about a new type of camera lens called Fluidlens. This patented lens made of liquid is no bigger than a contact lens, but can still achieve up to 10 times optical zoom by changing its shape similar to the human eye."

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  1. Like a contact lens by FunWithHeadlines · · Score: 4, Funny

    So can you distract a party by yelling, "Nobody move! I've dropped my camera lens."

  2. Re:changing shape by yellowbkpk · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're not squeezing hard enough. I can see the individual molecules (they're very colorful!) moving around when I squeeze my eyes hard enough for long enough...

  3. Does this mean... by slorge · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does this mean your camera will have a "squint" button instead of a focus?

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  4. Re:changing shape by lastchance_000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You have to make that "dit-dit-dit-dit-dit-dit" noise for it to work.

  5. Re:changing shape by Drooling+Iguana · · Score: 2, Funny

    The manufacturing process for eyes is much more fun...

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  6. What? by autopr0n · · Score: 2, Funny

    The human eye can change shape... and zoom?

    I've got to figure out how to do that... hell I could fix my nearsightedness!

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  7. Re:f1r5t p05t3d Dec. 2, 2004 by ChrisF79 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I didn't read the article, but what if it isn't water? Different liquids freeze at different temperatures so maybe they're using vodka. That's one liquid I know doesn't freeze at 32 degrees.

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  8. Re:Improvements for the smallest cameras by gr8_phk · · Score: 2, Funny
    "The amount of times I've see something I want to take a picture of, but don't have my camera is pretty significant"

    Those women passing you on the street don't want you to take their picture anyway.

  9. Re:Squinting by tomhudson · · Score: 2, Funny
    When your iris is at its largerst aperture (at night, in dim lighting), your vision will be at its worst.
    ... so THATs why they keep the bars so dark. And here I was thinking it was the "beer-bottle-bottom glasses" affecting your vision and decision-making ability that makes you take home the ugly that gives you the morning-after coyote-ugly gnaw-yer-arm-off.
  10. Re:Glad to see a real invention for a change by ndansmith · · Score: 2, Funny
    but can still achieve up to 10 times optical zoom by changing its shape similar to the human eye.

    I'm glad to see someone patenting an actual invention instead of just claim-jumping someone's idea for a website layout.

    Actually, God already invented this. These guys just took advantage of the fact that God did not file a patent for the human eye with the USPTO.

  11. Re:the question is... by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 4, Funny
    Or does the water get it instead?

    Nobody knows. Liquid lens.

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  12. Re:changing shape by Jherek+Carnelian · · Score: 3, Funny

    Believe it or not, they are sometimes mistaken for UFOs.

    Well that's no surprise since they are UFOS - Unidentified Floating Objects - in your eyeball.

  13. Re:f1r5t p05t3d Dec. 2, 2004 by tomhudson · · Score: 2, Funny
    yes, because the messes like taking pictures from the surface of the sun.
    Yeah, but he's got that beat - he'll go there at night, when its cooler ... :-)