News tagged with prototype camera

Scanner scans a 200 page book in one minute (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Japanese researchers are developing a super-fast scanner that will be able to scan a book of about 200 pages in a minute without any need to break up or flatten the book.

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 18, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (16) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Sony Develops High Frame Rate Single Lens 3D Camera Technology

Sony today announced the development of a single lens 3D camera technology capable of recording natural and smooth 3D images of even fast-moving subject matter such as sports, at 240fps (frames per second). ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 4

AnatOnMe: Doctor patient communication enhanced with new Microsoft device (w/ video)

(Medical Xpress) -- Microsoft researchers announced this week a new handheld device that they hope will work as an aid for doctors and patients to better communicate injuries and recommended therapy treatments. ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Microsoft unveils motion control for Xbox 360

(AP) -- Gamers, get ready for your close-up.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Touch-screen steering wheel keeps drivers focused on the road

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from the University of Stuttgart, University of Duisburg-Essen and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence have created a prototype automotive steering ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

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

Camera lets people shoot first, focus later

Startup Lytro unveiled a camera that lets people adjust the focus on photos after they take them.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Ka-Boom! The sequel

When two camera prototypes were tested in a bombing last month aboard a mass transit bus, not only was the Transportation Security Administration interested, so were the cities of New York, Washington, Chicago, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Lights, camera, real-time 3D action

(PhysOrg.com) -- The 3D movies on today's cinema screens rely on visual tricks to cope with fast action. A new generation, produced at lower cost but delivering higher quality with real-time action, is soon ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

UCLA engineer's telemedicine invention poised to begin trials in Africa

Cell phones are accumulating a Swiss Army Knife-esqe assortment of capabilities; substituting as cameras, providing internet access, and soon operating as medical labs if Aydogan Ozcan's plans come to fruition. This month's ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sound imaging: clever acoustics help blind people see the world (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Video from portable cameras is analysed to calculate the distance of obstacles and predict the movements of people and cars. This information is then transformed and relayed to a blind person ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Here Comes the 3D Camera

It’s not a pun: we are truly entering a new dimension of technology with the 3D digital camera developed by the researchers of Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) in Trento, Italy.

Technology / Engineering

created May 13, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0