Modern digital cameras are equipped with an impressive array of functions – from autofocus and image stabilization to panoramas and high-definition video. Recently a team of engineers from D... Read more
By mimicking the bulging, bowl-shaped eyes possessed by dragonflies, praying mantises, houseflies and other insects, a team of researchers that includes a University of Colorado Boulder engi... Read more
New infrared holography technology could enable firemen to see through flames and smoke, according to Italian researchers at CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), the National Res... Read more
Your smartphone snapshots could be instantly converted into professional-looking photographs with just the touch of a button, thanks to a processor chip developed at MIT. The chip, built by... Read more
The “eyeball camera” measures less than an inch in diameter Researchers have used the human eye as inspiration for a new type of camera that boasts the simple lens system of the eye, but fea... Read more
Star of the Show What was new, and was undoubtedly the star of the show, was the Canon Wonder Camera, one of the first times we’ve ever seen a “concept camera” – concepts are usually restric... Read more
Image via Wikipedia As longtime readers are painfully aware, I’m obsessed with big-sensor cameras. Or, rather, with big-sensor cameras that are, themselves, small. For most of digital... Read more
If you’ve ever tried to get that perfect shot of a race car, athlete, wild animal, or any other fast-moving subject, you know how hard it can be – what are the odds that you’ll hit the... Read more
IMAGINE a planetarium-style presentation about the future of technology, followed by a tour of dozens of hands-on exhibits — whether of sandlike microparticles that flow like liquid in a bea... Read more