Tiny Motor Shakes Up Camera Phone Market

by James Tyrrell optics.org News, 31 Jul 2006 A miniature linear motor developed in the U.S. is shaping up to be a big hit with camera phone makers as the industry switches from fixed optics to moving lenses. Based on a vibrating nut and threaded rod, New Scale Technologies' compact mechanism allows engineers to shrink optical zoom modules into a 10 x 10 x 20 mm sized package. Read more