Olympus to sell world's thinnest video scope

Olympus to sell world's thinnest video scope

TOKYO, Japan - Olympus Medical Systems Corp. will introduce an otolaryngologic video scope with the world's thinnest tip in Japan and the United States on Oct. 3, the company said on Sept. 26. The video scope will have a tube tip diameter of 3.2 millimeters, 0.7 mm thinner than the existing thinnest model the company sells, enabling doctors to easily view a child's external ear canal and drum membrane.

Casio to market world's smallest digital camera with zoom lens

Casio to market world's smallest digital camera with zoom lens

TOKYO, Japan - Casio Computer Co. will launch the world's smallest digital camera with a zoom lens, Exilim Card Ex-S100 (photo), in late September measuring only 79 cubic centimeters. Casio said it made its palm-sized camera smaller by using a ceramic lens for the first time. It said the ceramic lens has a higher refractive index than glass lens. The camera is a 3.2 mega pixel digital camera equipped with a 2.8 times optical zoom lens. It measures 88 x 57 x 16.7 millimeters. The thinnest part is 14.2 mm.

Casio to market world's smallest digital camera with zoom lens

Casio to market world's smallest digital camera with zoom lens

TOKYO, Japan - Casio Computer Co. will launch the world's smallest digital camera with a zoom lens, Exilim Card Ex-S100 (photo), in late September measuring only 79 cubic centimeters. Casio said it made its palm-sized camera smaller by using a ceramic lens for the first time. It said the ceramic lens has a higher refractive index than glass lens. The camera is a 3.2 mega pixel digital camera equipped with a 2.8 times optical zoom lens. It measures 88 x 57 x 16.7 millimeters. The thinnest part is 14.2 mm. (Kyodo)

Olympus to sell world's thinnest video scope

Olympus to sell world's thinnest video scope

TOKYO, Japan - Olympus Medical Systems Corp. will introduce an otolaryngologic video scope with the world's thinnest tip in Japan and the United States on Oct. 3, the company said on Sept. 26. The video scope will have a tube tip diameter of 3.2 millimeters, 0.7 mm thinner than the existing thinnest model the company sells, enabling doctors to easily view a child's external ear canal and drum membrane. (Kyodo)