The "Superlens" lives...

HeldDownHeldDown Registered Users Posts: 255 Major grins
edited January 4, 2006 in Accessories
Interesting (if only vaguely relative) article on the "Superlens."

http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/oregon_researchers_make_big_advance_on_road_to_superlens_9630
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,962 moderator
    edited January 4, 2006
    Lord Vetinari would have a great time with one of these, though I shudder to think how big the files would be. rolleyes1.gif
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  • DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2006
    rsinmadrid wrote:
    Lord Vetinari would have a great time with one of these, though I shudder to think how big the files would be. rolleyes1.gif

    15524779-Ti.gif :giggle
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  • ivarivar Registered Users Posts: 8,395 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2006
    rsinmadrid wrote:
    Lord Vetinari would have a great time with one of these, though I shudder to think how big the files would be. rolleyes1.gif
    I may be asking something totally stupid here.....but doesn't filesize mainly have to do with the chip/ccd/whatever it's called? and not so much with the lens? or am i missing something here?ne_nau.gif
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited January 4, 2006
    ivar wrote:
    I may be asking something totally stupid here.....but doesn't filesize mainly have to do with the chip/ccd/whatever it's called? and not so much with the lens? or am i missing something here?ne_nau.gif
    You're right, but did you read the article? This is something completely different.

    BTW, I feel cool now... this was published in Applied Physics Letters, where I have a publication this year as well. Nice to be in good company
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  • ivarivar Registered Users Posts: 8,395 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2006
    DoctorIt wrote:
    You're right, but did you read the article? This is something completely different.

    BTW, I feel cool now... this was published in Applied Physics Letters, where I have a publication this year as well. Nice to be in good company
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    Yeah, i did read the article, i guess i just miss the link with the picture-size. Or maybe i am thinking new lens, on current camera or something, anyway, doesn't really matter. Noone said i was sane.

    Congratulations on your article!! thumb.gif
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,962 moderator
    edited January 4, 2006
    ivar wrote:
    Yeah, i did read the article, i guess i just miss the link with the picture-size. Or maybe i am thinking new lens, on current camera or something, anyway, doesn't really matter. Noone said i was sane.

    Congratulations on your article!! thumb.gif
    No, you didn't miss anything. I was just speculating that a lens with astounding optical capability would only come into its own with a sensor that has many, many more pixels of resolution. You are absolutely right that putting one of these babies on an existing camera wouldn't change the file size. Sometimes I just go off the deep end, I guess :D
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