News tagged with digital sensors

High-speed CMOS sensors provide better images

Conventional CMOS image sensors are not suitable for low-light applications such as fluorescence, since large pixels arranged in a matrix do not support high readout speeds. A new optoelectronic component ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mind reading machines on their way: IBM

Century-old technology colossus IBM depicted a near future in which machines read minds and recognize who they are dealing with.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Through a Sensor, Holographically

(PhysOrg.com) -- The power and resolution of lens-based optical microscopes have improved by orders of magnitude since their invention around 1595. Nevertheless, relying on a high-magnification lens for image ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

World's fastest camera takes a new look at biosensing

A European consortium comprising NPL, ST Microelectronics, the University of Edinburgh, and TU Delft has been involved in the development and application of the Megaframe Imager - an ultrafast camera capable ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Nov 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Canon develops world's largest CMOS image sensor, with ultra-high sensitivity

Canon Inc. announced today that it has developed the world's largest CMOS image sensor, with a chip size measuring 202 x 205 mm. Because its expanded size enables greater light-gathering capability, the sensor ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Sony debuts consumer interchangeable lens HD camcorder

Following the 25th anniversary of its Handycam product line, Sony today announced the innovative NEX-VG10 Interchangeable Lens HD Camcorder.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 14, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Casio mixes high-speed and HD video with solid photo features

When you think of innovation, Casio probably isn't the first company on your list. But the company that was made famous by indestructible watches is also a reliable source for point-and-shoot cameras that ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 14, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Here Comes the 3D Camera

It’s not a pun: we are truly entering a new dimension of technology with the 3D digital camera developed by the researchers of Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) in Trento, Italy.

Technology / Engineering

created May 13, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Quantum dots could boost performance of mobile phone cameras

(PhysOrg.com) -- As it's becoming more and more difficult for silicon alone to improve the sensors used in today's digital cameras, a new material may be emerging from physics labs to provide a large performance ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (22) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

Sony Debuts Digital Still Camera with Back-Illuminated 'Exmor R' CMOS Sensor

Sony today announced two new Cyber-shot cameras (DSC-TX1 and DSC-WX1 models) that provide unprecedented advances in low-light performance with approximately twice the sensitivity of cameras with traditional ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Light sensor breakthrough could enhance digital cameras

New research by a team of University of Toronto scientists could lead to substantial advancements in the performance of a variety of electronic devices including digital cameras.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Toward cheap underwater sensor nets

UC San Diego computer scientists are one step closer to building low cost networks of underwater sensors for real time underwater environmental monitoring. At the IEEE Reconfigurable Architectures Workshop ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hubble to receive high-tech James Webb Space Telescope technology

Scientists and engineers now creating new technologies for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, have realized they can be used to enhance the Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) in the upcoming servicing ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 0

IBM launches water-management services operation

(AP) -- IBM Corp. wants to get really deep into water.

Technology / Business

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

2008's top tech trends

It would have been hard for even the most innovative product to stand out last year in such a lousy economy. But even had the economy been good, the tech industry wouldn't have earned many headlines. In short, there was nothing ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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