Liquid Lens

Researchers have developed a new type of adaptive liquid lens that changes its focal distance when a voltage is applied. Made with an electrically responsive fluid, the lens is lightweight and could be easily manufactured for use in smartphones.

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has officially confirmed that its upcoming Mi Mix phone will be the world's first smartphone to use "liquid lens" technology in its camera, allowing super-fast autofocus and optical zoom changes.

A newly-developed mobile phone camera lens automatically focuses using a process similar to that of the human eye.

Samsung patent application shows a design for a liquid zoom lens that could bring better optical zoom to camera phones and other mobile devices.

August 19, 2005 Taking a leaf from Mother Nature, scientists at A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) in Singapore have developed tiny

April 9, 2005: One of the factors inhibiting the mass adoption of zoom lenses in mobile phones is the size and cost of a mechanical zoom. Though Sony, Panasonic