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Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 Is World's Smallest Camera With Interchangeable Lenses [Cameras]

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2008-09-12 02:00:00 by Wilson Rothman in Gizmodo
...lenses. Here are the details on this incredibly cute not-quite-pro, not-quite-'sumer camera The 12.1-megapixel camera uses a digital Live View high-res viewfinder and focal-plane shutter, avoiding the mirror apparatus that would require a larger, bulkier body. It still retains the faster autofocus and supersonic wave filter that you see on...
 
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Varioptic and Seiko to Bring Liquid Lenses to Cellphones, Finally [Industry]

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2008-03-15 19:30:00 by Haroon Malik in Gizmodo
...lenses to cellphones since 2005, but now they have teamed up with Seiko and the watery dreams look to be coming alive. Liquid lenses have the added benefit of being speedier and less power hungry than conventional lenses, but the release of Varioptic's pioneering technology for cellphones has been in the pipe lines for almost two years....
 
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Varioptic and Seiko to Bring Liquid Lenses to Cellphones, Finally [Industry]

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2008-03-15 23:30:00 by posted by Pantha in
...lenses to cellphones since 2005, but now they have teamed up with Seiko and the watery dreams look to be coming alive. Liquid lenses have the added benefit of being speedier and less power hungry than conventional lenses, but the release of Varioptic's pioneering technology for cellphones has been in the pipe lines for almost two years....
 
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DSLR Lenses on the Cheap: A Guide to Second Hand Glass

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2008-10-01 06:24:10 by Charlie Sorrel in Gadget Lab
...lenses . In the olden days, all you had to worry about was whether a lens would fit your camera. Now you need to worry about crop factors and autofocus, too. But the reality is that pretty much any lens that will fit onto your camera will work. There will be some limits, but some of them are actually useful The crop factor, for instance, can...
 
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Smart Contact Lenses have a smart way of protecting the eyes

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2008-09-04 01:09:25 by gadgets in cool gadget-coolest gadgets
...lenses are used to help a person with his/her vision. Some prefer to wear contact lenses instead of eyeglasses. Now, contact lenses are not just for aiding vision. They may also be used for eye check-up You read it right. That is the new function delivered by the pair of Smart Contact Lenses. The Smart Contact Lenses have the ability to...
 
Tags: contact lenses, smart contact lenses, pressure, pressure sensor, eye check-up, eye, vision, glaucoma, immediately dispense medication
 
 
 
 
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Varioptic and Seiko partner up to make liquid lenses for cameraphones

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2008-03-16 01:40:53 by willpark in IntoMobile
...lenses are about to make a big splash in the cameraphone world. Varioptics and Seiko have partnered up to manufacture 500,000 continuously variable liquid-filled lenses for the mobile market, starting in Q3 of this year Liquid lenses offer the advantages of being able to continuously adjust focus with barely any power draw and absolutely no...
 
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Electronic Contact Lenses for Better Vision

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2008-01-17 19:28:18 by Michael in Medgadget
...lenses, which seemed to look good on rabbit eyes. Though the circuit is not functional and the lights don't light up, the development shows that future applications like direct video to the eye may indeed be possible. The prototype device contains an electric circuit as well as red light-emitting diodes for a display, though it does not yet...
 
Tags: contact lenses, lenses, prototype contact lens, contact lens, lens, corrective lens, materials, electrical, flexible organic materials
 
 
 
 
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Liquid Lenses Coming

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2007-12-21 12:05:19 by David Becker in Gadget Lab
...lenses by investing in U.S. specialist Holochip. Liquid lenses change focus by being squished rather than extending or contracting. Upshot should be smaller lenses for camera phones and greater focal length in a given piece of real estate for dedicated cameras Liquid camera lenses just around the corner [Digital World Tokyo
 
Tags: lenses, liquid camera lenses, camera lenses, japanese manufacturer itochu, focal length, specialist holochip, camera phones, real estate, market
 
 
 
 
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Researchers put circuits on contact lenses, freak out rabbits

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2008-01-17 15:49:00 by Donald Melanson in Engadget
...lenses in the past, but it looks like a team of researchers at the University of Washington may have outdone them all, with their latest creation promising not only heads-up displays, but "superhuman vision." That's apparently possible thanks to a combination of lights and circuits, which they've managed to cram onto lens no larger than your...
 
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