| The Fly's Eye of Lenses |
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| Written by Jeff Whitley | |||
| Sunday, 10 January 2010 14:50 | |||
How many lenses does it take to capture the movements of a dancing flame? The Nagoya Institute of Technology was certified on November, 24th by the Guinness World Records as the undisputed winner, with an amazing 158 lenses!  The aluminum Arc as seen here is approx. 2.8" high (7.2cm) by 18.5" in diameter (47cm), with 4 rows of lenses that run its entire length. Each Lens cost the team about $2.10, although a reported 800 lenses were purchased initally, only 158 made it into the final product. Others who have reported on this story say if you or I were to recreate the arc, it would take about six months and set us back a little over $300.00 and a few gray hairs. Although no photos have been released yet, Guiness regulations state that it must be functional in order to hold the world record. One of the areas Yojiro Ishino and the researchers at NIT specialize in, is the efficiency of burning fuel, their hope is to create 3D images from the photographs to better understand how to improve that process. Resources: Crunch Gear
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