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We’ve been hearing about how Varioptic’s liquid camera lenses would revolutionize cellphones for a while now, so it’s a little bit surprising to see the oil-and-water optics pop up in Akkord Electronics’ el cheapo SnakeCam webcams first. The 1.3 megapixel S1300 and 2.0 megapixel S2000 cams feature a Varioptic Arctic 416 lens, as well as bendy mount, built-in microphone, and CMOS sensor, and will sell for just $20 per unit — but we’d imagine that whoever ends up rebranding these will mark that up a bit.

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