Apple Literally Brings Some Muscle To Mobile Camera Lens Design In New Patent
June 19, 2014 at 08:41 AM EDT
Apple has a new patent (via AppleInsider) that describes something somewhat far-fetched sounding – an actuator for an iPhone camera lens (the part that controls autofocus) that uses artificial muscle material instead of traditional motors to change focus and aperture size. It’s not as sci-fi as it sounds: Artificial muscle material tech has recently become compatible with mass… Read More