Ask military optoelectronic-systems designers what they want most in lenses, and you will often hear rugged, lightweight, small size, and low cost. In the near future a technology called ...

World Premiere at CeBIT (March 18-24, 2004) SEMCO to unveil electrowetting lens demonstration of fully running hard-coded auto-focus camera module Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co (SEMCO - www.sem.samsung ...

Eduardo Miscles is a third-year PhD student in mechanical engineering who was recently first author on a paper that presents a significant advancement in the field of adaptive optics. Our ...

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands — Philips Research has developed a variable-focus lens system that, like the human eye, is based on the movement of fluid and has no mechanical moving parts. Philips claims ...

A team of neuroscientists and bioengineers has created a miniature, fiber-optic microscope designed to peer deeply inside a living brain. The laser-scanning microscope, a prototype which will be ...

A French company called Varioptic has announced two camera modules designed for mobile phones and built around an unusual liquid-lens design. Varioptic’s Arctic 416 lens combines electrically ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Miniaturising the electronic parts of digital cameras is relatively easy. Witness the proliferation ...

Liquid lens offers a novel approach to achieving large depth of field, wide viewing angle, high speed, and high-quality imaging in zoom optical systems. However, the ...

Researchers of the department of Physics of Complex Fluids of the University of Twente's MESA+ institute have succeeded in increasing the effectivity of condensation through gravity-driven ...