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National Defense
November 2009
Grace V. Jean |
In the Eye of the Beholder: Contact Lenses as Displays and Sensors Scientists believe that the little plastic discs that hundreds of millions of people rely on to see clearer may one day serve military personnel and medical patients as information displays and health monitoring devices.   |
Chemistry World
March 6, 2007
Kira Welter |
Nano-Objects Under the Light Microscope Scientists have developed a lens that can transmit images over long distances with a resolution that is not restricted by light wavelength. |
PC Magazine
September 28, 2005
David Murphy |
Eyeballing Your Camera A Liquid lens for cameras is currently in development and would allow quicker and more precise focusing and optical zooming. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2005 |
Optoelectronics In Brief Photonic Products to offer Panasonic aspherical lenses... Opto Diode completes California-based LED wafer fab... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2005
Hubert Kostal |
Nano-optics: robust, optical devices for demanding applications In harsh environments, conventional optics and optical engineering have significant physical limitations. But, through nanometer-scale structuring of various materials, "Nano-optics" creates a new class of optical devices with desirable optical effects. |
Chemistry World
December 20, 2011
Simon Hadlington |
pH adjustable protein micro-lenses Scientists in China have used a common protein to create tiny optical lenses, a few tens of micrometres in diameter, whose focus can be adjusted simply by changing the pH of the surrounding medium. |
Chemistry World
April 5, 2006
Katharine Sanderson |
Variable Focus at the Flick of a Switch Aging eyes could soon have an alternative to bifocal spectacles, with the development of liquid crystal lenses that focus on near or distant objects at the flick of a switch. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2005
John Keller |
Electrowetting can yield rugged, inexpensive, low-power lenses 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 electrowetting may deliver these qualities and more. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2007
Alex Hutchinson |
Forget Fisheye: A Photo Lens to Steer Robots A lens developed by South Korean researchers offers a wide-angle view without fisheye distortion, perfect for ceiling-mounted security cameras. Unlike images produced by fisheye lenses, straight lines appear straight. |
Chemistry World
August 2, 2006
Jessica Ebert |
Smart Microlenses Come Into Focus Liquid lenses that can flex between convex and concave forms in response to a change in temperature or pH could find uses in autonomous imaging systems for medical diagnostics, their inventors say. |
PC Magazine
October 5, 2004 |
Zoom Most digital cameras have a zoom lens that lets you take in a wider view or get closer to the subject. |
PC Magazine
September 15, 2003
Les Freed |
Canon Breaks Digital SLR Price Barriers The Canon EOS Digital Rebel bridges the gap between consumer and professional cameras. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 34
David Bradley |
The end of spectacles? A technique for forming a gel inside the eye under physiological conditions has been developed by US researchers. The gel could provide a permanent solution to the poor vision that afflicts almost everyone from middle-age onwards. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 52
David Bradley |
Microscopic Contact Lenses Make Sense Gel lenses, resembling microscopic contacts, could find a role in biosensors for analysis and diagnostics, according to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology. |
Chemistry World
June 10, 2012
Yuandi Li |
Polymer gel provides focus An injectable nanocomposite gel for replacing the eye lens could eliminate the need for complicated cataract surgery, say Japanese and Danish researchers. |
Chemistry World
February 12, 2012
Laura Howes |
Thermal imaging on the wing By adding carbon nanotubes to butterfly wings chemists have been able to turn these nanostructures into an infrared detector. |
Chemistry World
April 2010 |
LEDs to light up the world White light emitting diodes are set for a bright future in the household and commercial lighting markets. |
