News tagged with silicon image

Giant piezoelectric effect to improve MEMS devices

Researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Materials Research Institute at Penn State are part of a multidisciplinary team of researchers from universities and national laboratories ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Butterfly wings inspire design of water-repellent surface

Researchers mimic the many-layered nanostructure of blue mountain swallowtail wings to make a silicon wafer that traps both air and light.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

Researchers record two-state dynamics in glassy silicon

Using high-resolution imaging technology, University of Illinois researchers have answered a question that had confounded semiconductor researchers: Is amorphous silicon a glass? The answer? Yes – until ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

The worlds smallest 3D HD display

(PhysOrg.com) -- It seems like small displays are all of the rage these days, and they just keep getting more and more advanced. In October of last year Ortus Technology created a 4.8-inch liquid crystal ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Engineers create vibrant colors in vertical silicon nanowires

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers may soon be singing, "I'm going to wash that gray right out of my nanowires," thanks to a colorful discovery by a team of researchers from Harvard University and Zena Technologies. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

UV-transparent coating for image sensors

Image sensors as used in cell phones are partially color-blind. This is because of their coating, which prevents UV light from passing through. CMOS chips have as a result not been suitable for spectroscopy ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tracking therapeutic nanoparticles that target breast tumors

Researchers at Rice University, collaborating with investigators at the Baylor College of Medicine, have used two different types of imaging technologies to track the delivery of a therapeutic nanoparticle to breast tumors. ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Engineers Will Create Planetary Rover From Retinal Implant Test Robot

(PhysOrg.com) -- The research, led by Wolfgang Fink, will aid both people with visual impairments and scientists involved in planetary exploration.

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Silicon Image Introduces New 18 MegaPixel Camera Processor IP Core

Silicon Image today introduced the camerIC-18, the newest member of its family of camerIC camera processor IP cores.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Color sensors for better vision

CMOS image sensors in special cameras -- as used for driver assistance systems -- mostly only provide monochrome images and have a limited sensitivity to light. Thanks to a new production process these sensors ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Leading Companies Form Mobile HD Interface Working Group to Drive Industry Standard

Nokia, Samsung Electronics, Silicon Image, Sony and Toshiba today announced the formation of a Mobile High-Definition Interface Working Group that intends to create an industry standard for an audio/video interface to connect ...

Technology / Other

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Toward cheaper imaging systems for identifying concealed weapons on the human body

Electrical engineers from UC San Diego have created high-performance W-Band silicon-germanium (SiGe) radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for passive millimeter-wave imaging. This advance could lead to significantly ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0