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Flash Memory Sensors: 100x Smaller Than CCDs, Better At Low Light
1:20PM Chris Jacob | CCD and CMOS sensors take great images, but that doesn’t mean they’re perfect. They’re bulky and bad in low light. It turns out that flash memory can actually double as a light sensor, and could solve both these problems. More »
Screens
Eyeglass-Mounted Display Tracks Eye Movements To Manipulate Data
12:30PM Sean Fallon | German researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems have embedded a head-mounted microdisplay into a pair of glasses—allowing the user to access and manipulate data with simple eye movements. More »
Cameras
Samsung Micro-Shutter Means Better Phone Cameras, Someday
12:00AM John Herrman | Minuscule sensors and crappy fixed lenses are only partly responsible for mobile phone cameras taking such terrible photos; that they tend not to have proper shutters is a huge factor. Samsung wants to fix this. More »
Phones
Rumour: Apple Orders 3.2-Megapixel Camera Sensors For Next iPhone
8:58PM John Herrman | Anonymously-sourced rumours from Asian trade publications should be taken with, like, four grains of salt, and this is no exception: Digitimes reports that OmniVision has received orders for 3.2-megapixel CMOS sensors, for a new iPhone. More »
Cameras
Canon Adopting dSLR Chips for a New Pro Camcorder?
2:00AM Mark Wilson | There’s a rumour afoot suggesting that Canon will be ditching CCD and adopting CMOS chips for a new pro-level camcorder. Digital cameras and camcorders have never been so indistinguishable. More »
Cameras
What’s the Difference Between CMOS and CCD? Giz Explained It
9:59AM Wilson Rothman | Almost a year ago, we explained image sensors. This week, with all the camera news, it seems fitting to mention that, along with our explainers on the upside of lenses and the downside of megapixels. More »
Cameras
Samsung Webcam Sensor Handles 720p, Fits Inside Your Laptop Bezel
7:50PM John Herrman | It’s not the the advent of 720p webcamming that we’re seeing here—it’s just a change that means that it won’t have to look like this, and will probably come built into mainstream notebooks. More »
Cameras
Sony Sets 2012 Goal For 12MP Cell Cameras, Meets it in a Week
11:00PM John Herrman | Last week Sony Ericsson predicted quite a few things for the cell phones of 2012: faster processors, high-resolution screens, superfast connectivity and most specifically, 12-20MP cameras. Well what do you know! Sony — that Sony — has just announced a 12.25MP CMOS sensor for phone cameras. Looks like either a horrible breakdown of internal communication or a hilariously obvious example of gaming expectations. In either case, expect these to start showing up in CyberShots (and others) well before 2012. [Akihabara] More »
Cameras
9-Megapixel Cameraphones Coming; Pics Still Likely To Suck
10:30AM Wilson Rothman | A component maker called Digital Imaging Systems has announced it will soon ship a camera module for phones and other devices, capable of shooting single images at 3488×2616 pixels—over 9 megapixels. Another great fact for the sell sheet is that the low-powered CMOS will allow for 30-frame-per second 720p high-def video recording. The module contains the imaging sensor plus an auto-focus apparatus, aperture and mechanical shutter. It sounds great, but those tiny optics don’t instill faith in me, a convert to the “glass makes the picture” school. Miracles of microphotography can happen, but I will believe this only after I see it. [DIS via Electronista] More »
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