Abstract: An apparatus for providing a panoramic stereo image with a single camera is provided. The apparatus includes a first reflector reflecting panoramic surroundings viewed from a first viewpoint, a second reflector positioned to be coaxial with and separated from the first reflector to reflect panoramic surroundings viewed from a second viewpoint, and an image sensor positioned to be coaxial with the first and second reflectors to capture images respectively reflected by the first and second reflectors and output an image containing a first view and a second view. The apparatus provides a high three-dimensional recovery resolution, accomplishes compactness, and facilitates search of corresponding points in two images.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an automated apparatus for effectively preventing evaporation of samples in reaction tubes during DNA amplification (i.e., Polymerase Chain Reaction) and DNA sequencing processes performed in a thermo cycler. The automated apparatus of the present invention comprises a plurality of plungers corresponding to the plurality of tubes, respectively, and a coupling member to which the plurality of plungers are simultaneously coupled and fixed. Each of the plurality of plungers includes a rod with a predetermined length, a head which is formed at an upper end of the rod to easily receive an actuating force needed for vertical movement of the plunger into the relevant tube, and an elastic member which is formed around a lower end of the rod to minimize a space defined above a liquid surface of the sample in the tube and is hermetically fitted into the relevant tube.