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Researchers create all seeing 'eye'

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

The remarkable ability of insects to look in all directions at once has been emulated by a team of international scientists who have built an artificial 'eye' with an unobstructed all-round view.





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Breaking the barrier toward nanometer X-ray resolution

Breaking the barrier toward nanometer X-ray resolution

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 29, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 1

A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have overcome a major obstacle for using refractive lenses to focus x-rays. This method will allow the efficient focusing ...


Kodak Unveils World’s First Dual-Lens Digital Camera

Kodak Unveils World’s First Dual-Lens Digital Camera

Electronics /

created Jan 02, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Ultra-Wide Angle and Zoom Lenses in Compact Body Kicking off this week’s 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Eastman Kodak Company today introduced the world’s first dual-lens digital still camera, ...


New wide-angle lens produces pictures without distortion

New wide-angle lens produces pictures without distortion

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 30, 2006 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (59) | comments 0

South Korean researchers have designed and built an inexpensive optical lens that collects light from a large area and produces a virtually distortion-free wide-angle image. Standing in contrast to commonly ...


Panasonic Introduces Wide-Angle Compact Camera

Panasonic Introduces Wide-Angle Compact Camera

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 22, 2007 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (20) | comments 0

The appeal of Panasonic's new 12.2-megapixel Lumix DMC-FX100 is not its high megapixel count, but its 28mm wide angle—the first 12MP compact camera to include this capability, according to the company. In ...


Sony Announces HX1 Cyber-Shot Camera with Sweep Panorama Technology

Sony Announces DSC-HX1 Cyber-Shot Camera with Sweep Panorama Technology

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Sony is spotlighting its first digital still camera to feature sweep panorama technology. The new HX1 Cyber-shot model can take 224-degree panorama shots in one easy press-and-sweep motion.


DMC-TZ3

Panasonic Adds Six New LUMIX Cameras

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 31, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Today Panasonic unveiled six new compact models in its LUMIX digital camera family. The new additions include the DMC-FX30, the world's slimmest camera with a 28 mm wide-angle zoom lens, and the TZ3, the world's ...


Epson Develops New High-Resolution LTPS LCD

Technology / Semiconductors

created Aug 26, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Epson today announced the development of a 4-inch high-resolution low-temperature polysilicon (LTPS) TFT LCD featuring Photo Fine Premia technology, which boasts both a wide viewing angle and a wide color range. The display ...


Scientists Find First Creature With Eyes That Use Both Refractive and Reflective Optics

Scientists Find First Creature With Eyes That Use Both Refractive and Reflective Optics

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (17) | comments 2

Florida Atlantic University researcher and member of the Center for Ocean Exploration and Deep-Sea Research at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Dr. Tamara Frank, was part of an international research ...


Ghostly 'Spokes' Puff Out From Saturn's Ring's

Ghostly 'Spokes' Puff Out From Saturn's Ring's (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Massive, bright clouds of tiny ice particles hover above the darkened rings of Saturn in an image captured by the Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 22, 2009, around the time of Saturn's equinox. ...


Panasonic LUMIX DMC-TZ50

Panasonic's Wi-Fi Lumix Digital Camera Uploads Photos to Google's Picasa

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 16, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Panasonic today introduced a new addition to its award-winning TZ-family of digital cameras, the Panasonic LUMIX DMC-TZ50 – complete with Wi-Fi capabilities, standard 802.11b/g wireless LAN connectivity and ...



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