Kate Garraway has revealed she ‘baffled’ nurses when they pulled out a six-day-old contact lens on Thursday, after ending up in hospital with a mystery eye injury. The presenter, 53, admitted she felt ’embarrassed’ as she told her story to Ben Shephard and Charlotte Hawkins on Good Morning Britain on Friday. Kate had complained of … Read more
Scientists have taken inspiration from X-Men’s Cyclops and created a contact lens that points a red laser at what the wearer is looking at. The regular-size contact lens is fitted with a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) which points in the direction the user is looking. French engineers used off-the-shelf components to create a working … Read more
Police release photo of smartly dressed ‘upskirting’ suspect holding rucksack after teenager spotted man following her with lens sticking out of his bag The incident happened in broad daylight in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Police were contacted by the frightened teen after she was followed by the man Anyone who recognises the suspect in this image is … Read more
Chantel Jeffries straddles the lens while clad in black lingerie for steamy Savage X Fenty shoot By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 06:29 BST, 25 August 2020 | Updated: 06:29 BST, 25 August 2020 Savage X Fenty ambassador Chantel Jeffries straddled the lens while modeling new pieces from Rihanna’s two-year-old lingerie label for a steamy … Read more
Apple is partnering with a Samsung subsidiary and another Chinese firm to fit ‘periscope camera lenses’ to upcoming iPhones, according to a respected leaker. All iPhones from 2022, starting with what could be the iPhone 14, would come equipped with the powerful periscope telephoto cameras. The claims come from renowned Apple product predictor and analyst … Read more
One of the world’s most renowned celebrity photographers, who has snapped the likes of David Bowie and Madonna, has turned his attention from Hollywood to hospitals. The latest set of portraits by British photographer Rankin – real name John Rankin Waddell – are of 12 NHS workers who have helped in the coronavirus crisis. From … Read more
Fish eye lens: Zebrafish use ‘single-pixel vision’ to spot their tiny prey – which may be the same technique humans use to see minuscule details like stars in the sky Zebrafish used single photoreceptor cells in a highly sensitive part of their eye This zone is thought to be an early form of the human … Read more
Snapchat releases new lens that lets you donate to the COVID-19 relief fund by scanning a banknote on your smartphone The lens uses augmented reality to show how donations help WHO efforts This includes tracking COVID-19’s spread, patient care and supporting hospitals Last week, Snapchat launched two other lenses in partnership with the WHO One … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Smartphones with multiple cameras and blurry photos could become a thing of the past as engineers have created a flat lens that doesn’t need focusing. The technology — which uses a single lens covered in tiny patterns that is just one-thousandth of an inch thick — was developed by experts from the University of Utah. Not only … Read more