Combating handshake is one of the greatest challenges in low-light photography. With the introduction of Image Stabilization (IS) or similar technologies, things had gotten a bit easier. But not every camera gets the joy of having IS, such as mobile phones and Canon/Nikon DSLR with no IS/VR lenses. That’s where a team of computer scientists [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Detecting light has always been the realm of lenses. Much like the retina in our eyes, lenses are limited by direction and field of view. But with the development of a new transparent light-detecting fiber by Professor Yoel Fink of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Research Lab of Electronics in MIT, [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 10, 2006
Don’t you wish your notebooks, music players and digital cameras can all be charged in a matter of seconds instead of grueling hours? The future is looking great for those of you who shouted “Yeah!”. M.I.T researchers have revealed that they have been working on a breakthrough battery technology that could make fast-charging and long-lasting rechargeable [...]
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Sunday, August 6, 2006
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