Tag archive: sensor

Earlier this week, Google successfully acquired a patent that enables self-driving automobiles to find an available parking space and automatically park the car after arriving at the destination. Otherwise known as the “landing strip”, the patent diagram shows a sensor embedded in the ground at the parking location as well as a QR code to scan. The self-driving car is able to communicate with the sensor and come to a complete stop… Read More

We recently reported that various signs (including some revealing leaked photos) point toward a mirrorless, interchangeable lens camera from Fujifilm in our near future. Rumor has it the device, while sharing various similarities with its MFT brethren from Olympus, Sony, Panasonic, and Nikon, will actually sport an APS-CMOS sized sensor. That sets it considerably apart from this competition (with the exception of the Sony NEX-7, which has a… Read More

Recently shown off at a recent competition for security professionals, a new design on the classic bulletproof vest created by Laipac Technology includes GPS technology as well as a variety of body sensors built within the vest. Ideal for military soldiers, tactical law enforcement and VIP clients, the GPS integration allows for a separate team to track the location of the vest as well as the speed of travel and the general direction. In… Read More

Camera phones may be a welcome convenience when compared to lugging around a full-size digital camera just to take snap shots, but in terms of image quality, most still make low-light shots look like they were taken at the bottom of the sea with remote-controlled submarines. Kodak has aimed to change that with the release of the KAC-05020 5-megapixel image sensor, which it claims will substantially improve low-light quality with… Read More

Eastman Kodak has announced a new development in digital image sensor technology which improves sensitivity and may reduce or even eliminate the need for flashes. Kodak's new sensor technology adds “clear” panchromatic pixels to the traditional red, green, and blue color capture elements in a traditional image sensor array. Since the clear pixels are sensitive to light at all wavelengths, they collect more of the light… Read More