News tagged with liquid lens


New Liquid Camera Lens

Controlling light with sound: new liquid camera lens as simple as water and vibration

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (41) | comments 3

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 ...





Search results for liquid lens


The world's most common operation

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Physics / General Physics

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(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

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 13, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(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

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Next generation lens promises more control

Next generation lens promises more control

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (22) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Duke University engineers have created a new generation of lens that could greatly improve the capabilities of telecommunications or radar systems to provide a wide field of view and greater ...


A Masunaga Optical employee displays the blinking "Wink Glasses"

New Japanese glasses bring tears to the eyes

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0

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 Corp. Announce Global Licensing Agreement for Zoom Lens Patents

UCF, Holochip in Licensing Agreement for Zoom Lens Patents

Technology / Other

created Jul 20, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

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

The Future Is 3-D Liquid Crystals

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (15) | comments 6

(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

Soldered lenses

Technology / Engineering

created May 13, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 1

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

Epson's new 4K panel for 3LCD projectors

Technology / Hi Tech

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(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 ...



List of search results for liquid lens