We are thrilled to share that POPULAR MECHANICS has awarded the Lytro camera a 2012 Breakthrough Award for setting benchmarks in design and engineering. This is a huge honor!

For those of you who are not familiar, the 8th annual POPULAR MECHANICS Breakthrough Awards recognize innovators and products that have dramatically advanced the fields of technology, medicine, space exploration, automotive design, environmental engineering and more.

We are in good company along past recipients of the Breakthrough Awards including James Cameron, genomics pioneer J. Craig Venter, efficiency expert Amory Lovins, inventor and FIRST Robotics founder Dean Kamen, and humanitarian engineer Amy Smith.

Be sure to check out Lytro and other winners in the November issue of POPULAR MECHANICS, available on newsstands October 16. For now, you can watch Glenn Derene demonstrate the camera on the Today Show.

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