It uses the Simple Object Access Protocol, a protocol for a common XML (Extensible Markup Language) messaging format for Internet applications.

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But in a couple of cases, where I was more than 6 inches away from a simple object that was out of focus, clicking on it brought it into focus.

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The e-commerce platform that UBee plans to launch next month will rely on SOAP, for Simple Object Access Protocol, a technology standard based on using "envelopes" that retailers and uBee use to exchange information quickly enough to make these real-time offers.

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It demonstrates the high esthetic level a 'simple' object of everyday use can achieve.

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Also, in many common situations, such as taking a simple picture of a single face or object, the refocusing ability just doesn't come into play, since it works best when there are multiple objects arranged so that some are in the foreground and some are in the background.

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Tools don't get much more simple than the needle, a long slender object with a pointed tip.

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Mr Stilman said he planned to create software that first identified an object, then determined potential things that could be done with it, before turning it into "a simple machine" that could be used to complete an action.

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