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VarioOptic - Variable Focus Liquid Lens Cameras Announced
May 28, 2008
Varioptic, the liquid lens company, and IVA Corporation announce today the launch of a 2 Megapixel CMOS digital camera – IVIN2M –ETH, with a variable focus liquid lens.
The new IVIN2M-ETH camera features a CMOS imager with selectable display resolution up to 1600 X 1200 incorporating a progressive scan sensor with an electronic rolling shutter. At 37mm by 37mm (1.45’’ x 1.45”), it is a very low power, high performance CMOS image acquisition device.
Cyber Goggles Record Life, Find Keys
March 3, 2008
Have you ever forgotten where you left your glasses and then realized how hard it was to find your glasses without being able to see? And then you end up spending half your day searching in every nook and cranny, even ones that don’t make any sense (maybe they’re under this plate!) until you give in, buy a new pair, and find the old pair shortly after?
Well, kiss those days goodbye with the University of Tokyo’s newest invention — the “cyber goggles.”
Playstation 3 Eye Camera Creates Mock-VR
February 27, 2008
Want virtual reality gaming? Well, thanks to Sony, the future is here. Or, will be soon. Maybe. But it looks promising…
Last week at GDC, Sony showed off the Playstation 3 Eye Camera — a device that lets the system follow the movement of your body. The hope is that the future of video gaming would look a lot like those arcade games with the sensor that let you physically move and dodge your opponents (we’ve spent a lot of money and a lot of time on those) — an idea that, we have to admit, sends our heart into joyful flutters.
Bottle Camera Pod Makes Beer Even More Useful
October 25, 2006
Photo Etc. Online, a company known for their off-the-wall but fairly useful camera-related innovations have released a “multi-purpose bottle camera pod.” For those of you who don’t have the pleasure of knowing what in the world that is — it’s an attachment that hooks up to your digital camera and allows it to be held up by soft drink bottle cup with a diameter of 28.5mm to 30.5mm (rendering our title joke moot — we apologize for those of you reading this because of their intense liking of beer and cameras joined in an unholy union.)
SanDisk Introduces 16GB Flash Card, Minds Blown Everywhere
September 27, 2006
SanDisk, trumping their own recent announcement of the 4GB Ultra II flash card, announced this week that they will also be releasing 12-gigabyte and 16-gigabyte CompactFlash cards that will fall under their Extreme III lineup. The high capacity cards will ensure that everyone — from photographers, to filmmakers, to high-powered businessmen — will be able to carry massive amounts of information with them wherever they go — for a price, of course.
Sandisk 4GB Ultra II Card Released
September 26, 2006
Sandisk has just announced the release of its biggest and fastest card, designed to hold upto 2000 high resolution images or upto 4 hours of mpeg 4 videos.
The “biggest” part of this announcement comes in the form of 4GB storage. The “fastest” part of the announcement comes from the 9/10 MB write and read speeds.
Wifi-Enabled Coolpix S7c Released, Users Upload Happiness
August 24, 2006
Nikon “Accidentally” Leaks D80 Photos, Customers “Accidentally” Intrigued
July 27, 2006
With 13 days before the launch of Nikon’s new D80 Digital SLR camera, photos of the camera have been “accidentally” leaked by Nikon Europe (this is why America doesn’t get along with you, Europe) providing consumers a look at the shiny new model. The leak has allowed consumers a change to glean various information about the camera, but most importantly it provided a name — D80 — for the product, which was previously titled, “We really hope Nikon leaks the name of this camera.”
Georgia Tech Develops Camera “Blinding Device”
June 21, 2006
The Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a prototype system that neutralizes digital cameras by locating them within a given area (let’s say a movie theater or an ultra secret CIA spy zone) and immediately shooting them with a laser. The inventor of said system? Darth Vader.
Best Digital Cameras of 2006
May 15, 2006
The TIPA awards are in and Yuri, our staff reporter covered the award ceremonies. Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, the best digital cameras of 2006!
