Smile, You're on Liquid Camera

Wired have an interesting article about liquid lenses, which could end up in a camera phone or a minute digital camera near you:

Wired 13.04: START: "In contrast, the ideal optical setup would be small, soft, and adaptable, like the human eye. So cell phone makers are salivating over liquid lenses, tiny gadgets that suspend a drop of liquid in an electrostatic field. Change the field and the shape of the droplet changes, too, altering how the light bends when it passes through - just like a lens."