The heck with cell phones, I want to see this turned into zoom lens and auto focus on a $50 digital camera.
Variable optics the cure for cameraphones?
Category: Technology
Amazing robots!
Check out the videos of the robots doing floor work! Wow!
OmniHead
Thin page scanner for old books and more…
This is a neat device. It is a clear plastic sheet that is fitted with organic diodes that when placed on a page of printed text will allow the text to be read into a computer. The unit also works with a lower level of light compaired to traditional scanners. Once this comes to market, I can see this being a product that will not only provide a safe way to scan an old book, but a way to scan in non flat things. Artists will love it! I want a long flat chunk of this to wrap around trees, cans, etc. Hum, I bet a camera could be built from one of these too! Looking forward to this invention.
Tokyo University’s wraparound scanner
Here is a link with more info and links:
A Flexible Scanner For Your Phone
Shields to full power!
It works for the Earth, it should work for a spacecraft. I wonder how computers and other electronics will take being in a big magnetic bottle.
Riding In Magnetic Bubbles
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Original Super Potato
There is more to Japan than just Tokyo you know, Osaka is home to a gold mine of a retro gaming store. Take a trip to Den Den town (Nipponbashi) and visit the Original Super Potato store.
The Gadget Gap
This is a good read:
ASIAN POP The Gadget Gap / Why does all the cool stuff come out in Asia first?