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This chemical iris could revolutionize smartphone camera design

Journal of Optics Traditionally, the iris has physical blades that move in order to change the amount of light entering the lens, either opening wider or closing down. A new chemical iris proposes to turn tradition on its head, negating the need for physical blades and dramatically reducing the overall size of a camera module. Miniaturising the current physical iris …

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ScenePast reels you in with film sites then and now

Those things in the background? They’re called phone booths. Screenshot by Leslie Katz/CNET I took a little tour of movie history this afternoon, visiting sites where “The Graduate,” “Taxi Driver,” and “Broadway Danny Rose,” among other films, were shot. And I did it without leaving my desk, via ScenePast, a fun time travel (and time-sucking) app that puts film and …

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