Could the future of camera chips be based on light? Scientist has discovered that light can be slowed down so that a beam of sunlight can travel at a leisurely stroll and be brought to a standstill, or even stored for later use in the form of a rainbow.
The details of an exotic kind of [...]
Fuel cells used in electronic products will soon become a reality in 2008.
Just recently, Sweden based Morphic Technologies’ subsidiary Cell Impact AB has received a further order relating to initial mass production of fuel cell flow plates for operating consumer electronics from Asia.
The Asian purchaser is one of the world’s largest electronics manufacturers. The initial [...]
It looks like Canon will be continuing to invest heavily on building another CMOS sensor plant expanding on the growth of digital camera. By expanding in another plant, it helps to reduce costs whilst increasing profits.
Here’s what ruters has to say:
“TOKYO (Reuters) - Canon Inc. (7751.T: Quote, Profile, Research) will invest about 55 billion yen [...]
Could this be the next thing for digital cameras, a fuel cell? According to FuelCellToday, they say Samsung Electro-Mechanics has already developed a micro fuel cell and hydrogen generator that runs on water. Yes, that right water, H-2-0!
According to the Chosen Ilbo, mobile phones or even Digital Cameras which run on water could hit the [...]
It looks like Sony is investing heavily in its sensor production facility in Japan. According to the press release, Sony Corporation announced that it would invest approximately 60 billion JPY in Sony Semiconductor Kyushu Corporation’s Kumamoto Technology Centre (Kumamoto TEC) Fab 2 facility, to extend clean room facilities by 5,000m² and reinforce image sensor fabrication [...]
According to Kammagamma, they say that Canon has developed a 52 megapixel CMOS sensor in APH-S size.
Here’s what they say in their abstract:
“We have developed a new CMOS image sensor having pixels of more than 52M in APS-H size. The CMOS image sensor has the most number of pixels known to date without stitching. The [...]
Now here is some interesting piece of news from www.smh.com.au which claims that Kodak has developed sensors that can take photos in low light. To me this seems like they are increasing the ISO to about 2 -4 times the normal level, but what about noise. These are no mention of the noise or the [...]
Now here is a rugged camera, the Phantom Miro 3. Although it has a low resolution of 0.26 mega pixels, it has a super quick frame rate of 2200 frames per second!
The camera was revealed by Vision Research, their first member in a new line of Phantom high-speed digital cameras at the NAB in Las [...]
Here is an interesting diagram by ClarkVision which depicts his research on the correlation in mega pixels between the different 35mm films at variable ISO levels.
He says:
“While my research is preliminary, it does seem to agree with what people are saying, and because people look at different things (image smoothness versus spatial detail), it shows [...]
Samsung has announced an 8.4 megapixel CMOS image sensor with a 1.4㎛pixel design at Samsung’s fourth annual Mobile Solution Forum. This is the worlds smallest CMOS sensor.
The new CMOS image sensor chip provides a very high signal to noise ratio which is a key measure of overall image quality.
This was achieved by implementing advanced light [...]