] Philips' fluid lenses bring things into focus
]
] Philips Research is demonstrating a unique variable-focus
] lens system that has no mechanical moving parts. Suited
] to a wide range of optical imaging applications,
] including such things as digital cameras, camera phones,
] endoscopes, home security systems and optical storage
] drives, Philips' FluidFocus system mimics the action
] of the human eye using a fluid lens that alters its focal
] length by changing its shape. The new lens overcomes the
] fixed-focus disadvantages of many of today's
] low-cost imaging systems.

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