A camera lens that's all wet

Edvarcl Heng | Oct 03, 2007

Try not to leave this camera in the sun. You wouldn't want your lens disappearing in a puff of steam. The camera in question? A 2-megapixel CMOS USB camera with a variable focus liquid lens called the IVIN- 2M USB 2.0. Talk about technical.

It's recently been announced by both Varioptic and IVA Corporation. Practical? Well, it's meant to be used as a surveillance videocam.

Impressive specs? It shoots up to only 1,600 x 1,200 at 15fps, but those wet lenses are the kicker, so it's not a total washout. Mass up enough of them in your home and you can trigger a mini tsunami when all one million of them detect a furtive intruder swimming in your pool.

Via Dcviews

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