Scientists create low-cost liquid lenses

Scientists create low-cost liquid lenses

A Filipino research team has discovered a simple, affordable way to make dynamically adjustable water-based lenses that have a wide variety of potential future applications — from classrooms and research labs to cameras and even wearable gadgets. Their findings have been published in the journal Results in Optics. By coating an ordinary glass slide with specially prepared polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic, the researchers were able to create a hy…