News tagged with camera phones

The Memoir: Samsung, T-Mobile USA Introduce New 8-Megapixel Camera Phone

Samsung Mobile and T-Mobile USA today announced the upcoming availability of the Samsung Memoir, a full touch-screen mobile phone equipped with an 8-megapixel camera and premium multimedia features, placing ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (47) | comments 0

Can you analyze me now? Cell phones bring spectroscopy to the classroom

University of Illinois chemistry professor Alexander Scheeline wants to see high school students using their cell phones in class. Not for texting or surfing the Web, but as an analytical chemistry instrument.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Oct 07, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (19) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Adobe shows off new 'undo photo blur' feature

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite all the advances in digital photography, most people are still plagued by the problem of blurry photos, a problem compounded by the use of cameras embedded in cell phones due to their small size. ...

Technology / Software

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (14) | comments 17 | with audio podcast report

DIY 'tinkerers' create more than mere toys from spare parts

To Ken Delahoussaye, an old computer, cell phone, camera or even a child's toy is much more than a disposable device. Each is something he can take apart and fuse with other parts to create something totally new.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Spacesuits with artificial intelligence may look for life on Mars

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronauts may in future be wearing spacesuits equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) and digital eyes, turning them into what the researchers call cyborg astrobiologists.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 weblog

OmniVision tops up sensors for cameras, phones

(Phys.org) -- OmniVision has announced two high-resolution image sensors for the digital still and digital video camera market (DS/DVC) and higher end smartphones. In end-user language, it is a claim for superior ...

Electronics / Hardware

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Cell Phones Using Gesture Control (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The next generation of cell phone interfaces is currently under development at Ishikawa Komuro Laboratory at the University of Tokyo but instead of using a touchscreen the new interface is ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 29, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Powerful LED flash for smartphones

Researchers from Osram Opto Semiconductors have developed an LED chip that makes it possible to offer smaller pocket projectors, vehicle headlights, and cell phone camera flashes. In combination with a new ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 26, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Sharp develops 3D camera system for mobile phones

Sharp Corp. said Wednesday it had developed a three-dimensional camera system for mobile phones and other portable devices, with plans to begin production by the end of the year.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 12, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Samsung Announces AMOLED 12M Camera Phone

(PhysOrg.com) -- Samsung Electronics today announced the launch of the ‘Samsung AMOLED 12M’ (Model Name: SCH-W880), the world’s first 12-megapixel camera phone with a 3-times optical zoom lens. The phone will ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Sharp to sell 3-D TVs in Japan, US, Europe, China

(AP) -- Sharp is trying to play catch-up in 3-D TVs with powerful rivals Samsung and Panasonic with displays the Japanese electronics maker says are brighter and clearer.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

One-eyed filmmaker conceals camera in prosthetic

(AP) -- A one-eyed documentary filmmaker is preparing to work with a video camera concealed inside a prosthetic eye, hoping to secretly record people for a project commenting on the global spread of surveillance ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Multiple purchase options? How marketers influence consumer agendas

Making choices is tough, especially in a competitive retail environment. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research sheds some light on the processes consumers use to make choices among multiple options.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Add-on device converts cell phones into wide-field fluorescent microscopes

UCLA researchers have developed a matchbox-sized attachment that converts a cell phone's camera into a fluorescent microscope.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Apple denied permission to sue bankrupt Kodak

Apple Inc. has been denied permission to file a patent-infringement lawsuit against Eastman Kodak by the film-maker's bankruptcy judge.

Technology / Business

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1