Published on 08/14/2008
The LUPE might be mistaken for a touch screen camera, but this concept is actually a series of transparent touch screens as well as optical quality glass lenses that helps magnify images near and far to achieve a macro-like quality. The focusing mechanism is pretty smart, as it will automatically zoom in on whatever you touch on the screen at that point in time. I suppose since this is a concept, there is no traditional mechanism such as shutters and apertures to worry about, making this a dummy-proof device. Well, I guess it will take a fair number of years for technology to reach this level, but this is a pretty interesting concept nonetheless.