optics

Eyeglasses with Autofocus: Omnifocals

The lenses in prescription eyeglasses are usually tailored to the wearer’s vision. There are also multifocal or progressive lenses that provide different focal powers, but each power is confined to portions of the lens. That’s why…

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Lomography Petzval Lens: Retro-Fantastic Goodness for Your Modern DSLR

Photography has come a long way since its beginnings, but there are still some amazing things to be discovered by looking at how things worked back then. Inspired by the early days of photography, this lens…

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Poppy Turns the iPhone Into a 3D Camera: View-Master 2.0

So far 3D video hasn’t taken off like high definition did, but that hasn’t stopped entrepreneurs from exploring its potential. But while most 3D-capable gadgets tout their cutting edginess, the inventors of Poppy did the opposite.…

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Reevu Motorcycle Helmet Gives You Eyes in the Back of Your Head

The most dangerous thing about a motorcycle isn’t the motorcycle itself, it’s the distracted drivers around you. We all see people driving down the street in a car weaving all over the place, texting rather than…

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Disney’s 3D Printed Optics Could Change the Way We View Light

While theme parks and animation come to mind when we think of Disney, it’s clear that the company is investing significant time, money and effort into cool new technologies as well. We’ve already seen Disney’s interactive…

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Reversing Goggles Turn Your Whole World Upside-Down

Frankly, I think we’ve got enough problems worrying about people bumping into you on the sidewalk while they’ve got their heads bent down texting and surfing the web. If that wasn’t bad enough, now you could…

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Rumor Claims Military Testing Night Vision Contact Lenses

Certainly one of the biggest stories of the year so far has been the death of Bin Laden at the hands of the U.S. military. The tech used in that raid that netted the most wanted…

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268 Megapixel OmegaCAM Image Sensor Makes Your DSLR Look Like a Wimp

If you have a DSLR camera with 15 or 16 megapixels, you might feel like you have the resolution to shoot just about anything. What you don’t have the resolution for is shooting truly epic shots…

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Single Lens Captures Images in 3D

Up until now, the only ways I knew that you could shoot images in 3D was either with a dual lens camera, with two cameras, or some sort of motion-control rig. But thanks to a new…

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Fuji ForgeGuard Labels Hide Images the Naked Eye Can’t See

Counterfeit products are a huge problem for manufacturers these days. There have been numerous attempts to reduce counterfeits by attaching small one or two color holograms to goods and credit cards, but they’ve been fairly easy…

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Recon-Zeal Transcend Goggles Get Built-in Gps and Head-Mounted Display

Designed for skiers, snowmobilers, and snowboarders who actually want to know where they’re going, the new Transcend goggles from Recon Instruments and Zeal Optics look like they could be really cool if you plan on hitting…

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Cubicle Periscope Lets You Spy on Coworkers

This wacky spy gadget from ThinkGeek lets you peer over the walls of your cubicle and look out over the wall to see what else is going on around you. The Sportscope Cubicle Periscope was originally…

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Tag: Optics

Eyeglasses with Autofocus: Omnifocals

Lomography Petzval Lens: Retro-Fantastic Goodness for Your Modern DSLR

Poppy Turns the iPhone Into a 3D Camera: View-Master 2.0

Reevu Motorcycle Helmet Gives You Eyes in the Back of Your Head

Disney’s 3D Printed Optics Could Change the Way We View Light

Reversing Goggles Turn Your Whole World Upside-Down

Rumor Claims Military Testing Night Vision Contact Lenses

268 Megapixel OmegaCAM Image Sensor Makes Your DSLR Look Like a Wimp

Single Lens Captures Images in 3D

Fuji ForgeGuard Labels Hide Images the Naked Eye Can’t See

Recon-Zeal Transcend Goggles Get Built-in Gps and Head-Mounted Display

Cubicle Periscope Lets You Spy on Coworkers

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