Breakthrough Chip Delivers Better Digital Pictures For Less Power

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Breakthrough Chip Delivers Better Digital Pictures For Less Power
The next advance in cameras is becoming a reality at the University of Rochester. Imaging chips revolutionized the photography industry, and now the chips themselves are being revolutionized. A pair of newly patented technologies may soon enable power-hungry imaging chips to use just a fraction of the energy used today and capture better images to boot—all while enabling cameras to shrink to the size of a shirt button and run for years on a single battery.


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