Metalenses are a relatively fringe optical technology — at least, they were. Until now, it has been largely pursued by startups and scientists but that is changing as Canon has jumped into the fray and not only makes them but also produces the equipment necessary to manufacture them.
I wonder when companies are going to shift from making stupid stuff we don’t need like this and start working on things to clean up the environment they destroyed making things for the last 40 years.
If you really think that is a viable business then you should be shifting towards creating said business that makes money working on things to clean up the environment.
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Really cool tech, hopefully this means the costs of producing them will eventually decrease to affordable levels.
Nah, used to get these in the bottom of a packet of chips with a pokemon on em.
I wonder when companies are going to shift from making stupid stuff we don’t need like this and start working on things to clean up the environment they destroyed making things for the last 40 years.
If you really think that is a viable business then you should be shifting towards creating said business that makes money working on things to clean up the environment.
Why would they?
I’m not being trite, I’m being serious. If they’re not given a reason to do so, companies don’t do things.