Snapchat launches AR lens that lets you see your organs 

Snapchat has launched a body-tracking augmented reality (AR) lens that marks out where your organs are.  Users of the popular video-sharing app just have to scan a Snapcode to activate the AR lens, which then uses your smartphone’s camera to identify a body.  It then locates key organs within the body, such as the heart, … Read more

Khloe Kardashian explains her super skinny frame: ‘We shot on a lens with stretching effect’

Khloe Kardashian looked very slender in new ads for her Good American shoe collection that she shared on Tuesday. And soon after the 36-year-old reality TV star took to Twitter to explain how she looked half her size. ‘HA I’m cracking up! 4a few of those GA photos, we shot on a camera lens that creates a … Read more

Netflix’s Bridgerton recruited diverse cast with ‘inclusion lens’ 

Netflix‘s vice-president of inclusion strategy has said Bridgerton’s racially diverse cast was the result of an ‘inclusion lens’ being applied to casting decisions.  Verna Myers said the company supported diverse lead producers and showrunners for the series as well as its executive producer Shonda Rhymes. Bridgerton is a romantic drama set in Regency London which … Read more

Netflix boss reveals Bridgerton’s diverse cast was found using an ‘inclusion lens’ 

Netflix’s vice-president of inclusion strategy has said Bridgerton’s racially diverse cast was the result of an ‘inclusion lens’ being applied to casting decisions.  Verna Myers said the company supported diverse lead producers and showrunners for the series as well as its executive producer Shonda Rhymes. Bridgerton is a romantic drama set in Regency London which … Read more

Scientists develop a real-life ‘cyclops lens’ with a laser pointer

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

Picture of ‘upskirting’ suspect after teenager spotted him behind her with lens sticking out of bag 

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

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

iPhones could have an ultra-invasive ‘periscope’ camera lens from 2022

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

Celebrity photographer Rankin turns his lens on to the NHS heroes who helped fight coronavirus

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: ‘Single-pixel vision’ allows zebrafish to spot their tiny prey

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