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Controlling light with sound: new liquid camera lens as simple as water and vibration
Sep 22, 2008 |
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New miniature image-capturing technology powered by water, sound, and surface tension could lead to smarter and lighter cameras in everything from cell phones and automobiles to autonomous robots and miniature ...
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The world's most common operation
Nov 09, 2009 |
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As many as 10 million people around the world suffer from cataracts. Thomas Kohnen of the Goethe University in Frankfurt and his coauthors discuss cataract surgery with the implantation of an artificial lens in the current ...
Liquid lens creates tiny flexible laser on a chip
May 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Like tiny Jedi knights, tunable fluidic micro lenses can focus and direct light at will to count cells, evaluate molecules or create on-chip optical tweezers, according to a team of Penn State engineers. ...
Tunable microlenses shine light on medical imaging
Oct 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have developed tunable liquid microlenses that can quickly scan images and record video. Integrated onto fiber-optic probes, the lenses further could reduce the invasiveness ...
Scientists obtain clearer view of how eye lens proteins are sorted
Nov 03, 2009 |
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New research reveals how proteins that are critical for the transparency of the eye lens are properly sorted and localized in membrane bilayers. The study, published by Cell Press in the November 3rd issue of Biophysical Jo ...
New Japanese glasses bring tears to the eyes
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Oct 27, 2009 |
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The Japanese eyewear company behind Sarah Palin's designer glasses has come up with a high-tech solution for obsessive video-gamers and bookworms whose eyes dry out from lack of blinking.
UCF, Holochip in Licensing Agreement for Zoom Lens Patents
Jul 20, 2007 |
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The University of Central Florida has signed a licensing agreement with Holochip Corp. for a portfolio of technologies that will allow zoom lenses, such as those used in digital cameras and camera phones, ...
The Future Is 3-D Liquid Crystals
Jan 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Tim Wilkinson from the Department's Photonics Research Group, University of Cambridge, has made an exciting breakthrough, he has combined liquid crystals with vertically grown carbon nanotubes ...
Soldered lenses
May 13, 2008 |
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Lenses in optical devices are kept in place by adhesives. This can cause problems when the microscopes and cameras are employed inside a vacuum, as the adhesives may release gases that contaminate the lenses. ...
Epson's new 4K panel for 3LCD projectors
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Seiko Epson Corporation has announced the world's first 4K panel for 3LCD (liquid crystal display) projectors. The panel will enable the projectors to produce a bright image of 4096 x 2160 ...
Butterfly proboscis to sip cells
Nov 22, 2009 |
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A butterfly's proboscis looks like a straw -- long, slender, and used for sipping -- but it works more like a paper towel, according to Konstantin Kornev of Clemson University. He hopes to borrow the tricks of this piece ...
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