Kyocera has developed a new ultra-thin meta-lens that can shift focal positions depending on the wavelength of light.

Although manufacturers are constantly trying to make smartphones thinner and lighter, they're limited by the phones' curved glass camera lenses. Now, however, researchers have developed a flat lens ...

Lumus debuts ZOE at CES 2026, the first geometric waveguide with a >70° field of view that will make AR glasses look like ...

Engineers at the University of Utah have developed a new method of creating optics which are flat and ultra-thin, yet can still bend light to a single point like traditional lenses. It's hoped the ...

This is the “Multi-level diffractive lens (MDL)” developed by Associate Professor Rajesh Menon, who studies electronics at the University of Utah. The thickness is only 10 micrometers, which is only ...

A new type of flat, ultrathin lens designed to be free of chromatic aberrations has been developed by researchers in the US. The device has a variety of potential applications, from ultralight imaging ...

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS) in Australia has made an extraordinary breakthrough. The researchers working at TMOS have devised a way to create ultra-thin ...

There’s a little trick you can do to capture macro photography shots on your smartphone, using nothing more than a drop of water. The idea is the water acts as a very rudimentary lens, which has a ...

The most common type of camera out there today is the smartphone camera. It's the camera that we all have in our pockets and when a picture opportunity arises, the smartphone camera is right there to ...