'iSight HD' Reference Found in QuickTime
	Exactly for how long this reference to an HD iSight labeled next-gen has been available in QuickTime's localizable.strings is not known for sure yet. Still, the news is certainly exciting, should this mean Apple is prepping to release a new, external ... [read more >>]
	16 June 2008, 04:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung SCH-W480 Brings 3X Optical Inner Zoom
	In its continuous attempt to bring better and better mobile phones, Samsung has released the SCH-W480, a new handset that works not only as a phone but also as a digital camera. Of course, there are lots of other handsets that can be proud of their built-in cameras, but there aren't too many of them to feature a 5 Megapixel camera with 3X optical zoom. And the SCH-W480 does have such a camera. Even more, the optical zoom ... [read more >>]
	13 June 2008, 03:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Nokia 6260 Slider with High-End Photo Camera
	Another new phone from Nokia's upcoming line-up was recently unveiled and that is Nokia 6260. The handset was spotted on the same Flickr account where Nokia's N85, N79 and XpressMedia 5800 have also appeared. That Flickr account only existed for a few days and it's no ... [read more >>]
	11 June 2008, 03:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

World's First Controllable Camera Pill
	Tiny cameras used to see the inside of the body are far from a new concept today, although it is the first time when the movements of such a device can be controlled as it passes through the organs. The idea behind tiny cameras used for medical explorations is very simple. The patient swallows a small device inside which a camera is planted. As is travels through the esophagus, the stomach and the intestines it takes pictures – albeit the ... [read more >>]
	09 June 2008, 09:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Red One Inventor Gives First Details on Scarlet
	Jim Jannard is having a good time. On the discussion forums of his most daring project to date, his customers are having similar amounts of fun. Theirs is an almost childish brand of fun – mostly grown men, quite a few already established in the film and broadcast business, many just starting out – all of them sharing love for a visual toy, love that almost goes beyond the geeky. Right now, in what is the beginning of a golden age for visu ... [read more >>]
	11 April 2008, 10:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung Delivers World's Thinnest 8 Megapixel Camera Phone Module
	Samsung just announced its latest achievement: the ultra-thin camera phone module that measures only 8.5mm thickness. After successfully developing in September 2006 a 5 Megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom and autofocus that has managed to overcome the 9 mm b ... [read more >>]
	18 March 2008, 06:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Motorola Unique Concept With Stereo Camera
	We recently came across a new Motorola phone concept that looks really good and has some considerable chances, which is to be built sometime in the future by the American company. Maybe not exactly in the way it looks now, but in a similar mode. The most interes ... [read more >>]
	15 March 2008, 08:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

CMOS Sensors Receive Radar Capabilities
	A team of researchers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, including Professor Hossein Hashemi and Graduate student Ta-Shun Chu, has recently been capable to create a small 49 pixel CMOS camera, that works in the ultrawideband radar. Only two years ago, the team presented a similar CMOS chip that was only capable of producing a single radar beam, which gave it one-dimensional detection. By staking a 7x7 array of such chip, a 49 ... [read more >>]
	05 February 2008, 07:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Camera Phones to Get PC Mouse Functionality
	Mobile phones are getting more and more complex and have become far more than just communication tools for some years now. Therefore, researchers all over the world are trying to find extra functions that can be integrated into cell phones, mainly wishing to simplify and/or improve ... [read more >>]
	23 January 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Nokia Gaming Phone Has Been Revealed
	After so many rumors regarding a Sony Ericsson PSP phone, finally someone gives us an idea of how a gaming phone should look. The entire mobile community awaits the so-called 'gaming phone', either from Sony Ericsson, Nokia or any other handset manufacturer. We already have cam ... [read more >>]
	28 December 2007, 09:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Nokia Develops Revolutionary Phone Software Concept
	It was a warm morning of May 2014 when I went out shopping with my old 10 Megapixel Nokia cell phone. I took pictures of almost anything I wanted to buy and then headed towards a library to buy "The Masterpiece", a classic novel by Émile Zola that I wanted ... [read more >>]
	17 December 2007, 07:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Were You A Naughty Boy? My Secret Camera Saw You...
	So let's see! There is a self-destructor bag, a bug detector, a dagger shoe, a jet pack, the good old safe cracker and a bunch of other stuff James Bond would carry in his exotic "purse". This gizmo I ran into on Wired looks like an ordinary book, but it's actually a high tech camera containing a miniature video recorder and monitor. In fact, Bond himself had a tiny cassette recorder hidden...also in a book ... [read more >>]
	12 December 2007, 12:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

PMP Gets 12MP Camera For Photo Frenzies!
	Want to know what's really out of the hook? Well, why on earth would anyone need a 12MP camera on a media player? To show off maybe? Anyway, it's not the first time Newman surprises us with an unexpectedly cool portable device, it's just unusual for PMP's to be equipped with monster options like this one here. The camera has been ingeniously attached to the L1200 player, without creating any aesthetic incon ... [read more >>]
	30 November 2007, 14:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Carav PMP Sports 5MP Camera!
	I am telling you, these fellows are crazy…they integrated a 5 MP camera in what appears to be a rather common looking portable media player. Carav electronics says nothing to me, since they kept a low profile on the market. Still, they have recently popped out the CMV9301 PMP, which looks more than decent, but not on such a high level so as to be able to compete [ADMARk=1]with the heavy names in the industry. It reveals a TFT 262k color ... [read more >>]
	12 November 2007, 04:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Sony Ericsson K870i to Have 5 Megapixel Camera
	Leaked information about Sony Ericsson K870i has already started surfacing, although a short period of time has passed since the K850i model hit the market. The upcoming device also features some impressive specifications and great looks, although it should take some wh ... [read more >>]
	10 October 2007, 09:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Minicamera Spied Birdy Einstein Reveals Surprisingly Complex Natural Behavior
	Being birdbrained can sometimes suggest sheer intelligence. In lab tests, the New Caledonian crow outperformed even apes. But new ultralight video cameras attached to their tail feathers allowed the researchers to follow the behavior of the highly intelligent tool-users in the wild. The first-of-its-kind research discovered that this bird employs a much wider array of tools and foraging techniques than previously known. The crow ... [read more >>]
	05 October 2007, 05:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Disgo Video: Clever Camcorder with Idiotic Design!
	Meet the Clever Disgo Video. This device looks like an old Tetris game item, but it's in fact a pocket-sized camera, capable of shooting video content at a 640 x480 pixels resolution. In addition, the quality of the resulted media content is going to be comparable to that of a DVD. The camera can even record the footage on a 1GB SD card, but its memory can be boosted up to 2GB, maximum… not bad, for a device of its kind and mostly of ... [read more >>]
	21 September 2007, 06:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The World's Largest Camera and Photograph
	In a world populated with small, compact and stylish digital point and shoots, six photographic artists are going back to the basics of photography with the world's largest camera, which of course has given birth to the largest photograph. Professional studio work and some assignments require the use of large format cameras, but this "camera" is...special. It's not really a device, it's simply a former airplane ... [read more >>]
	10 August 2007, 06:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Better LCD Monitors
	The LCD monitors are very popular these days because of their inherent advantages over the traditional cathodic tube displays (CRTs for short) and they truly offer something more to users like smaller footprint, less harmful radiations, lower energy consumption and less weight. But LCD monitor are far from being perfect, they too have a few disadvantages of their own, namely a less rich color gamut and some constraining viewin ... [read more >>]
	07 August 2007, 09:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

"Smart" Traffic Sign Stops Collisions
	Traffic boxes located beside major freeways are already monitoring traffic at the busiest intersections on the road network, but could become even smarter, able to prevent collisions at traffic intersections that lack traffic signals. The "smart" traffic signs are a project of researchers from the Transportation Research Institute at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and are now being tested at a four-way, ... [read more >>]
	26 July 2007, 08:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Superior Photo Quality for Mobile Phone Cameras
	PerkinElmer Inc., a worldwide technology leader in Photonics and Health Sciences, announced that it has received numerous orders for mobile device flash assemblies that use the company's Xenon-based flash technology. Lately, the Xenon technology is being regarded as a crucial one for improving high-end ... [read more >>]
	24 July 2007, 09:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung E590, "Telefonul Deghizat in Camera Foto"
	Samsung a lansat recent pe piata din Romania telefonul Samsung E590. Modelul a fost prezentat de catre producatori ca fiind un „telefon deghizat in camera foto", datorita performantelor sale de a capta imagini la o calitate inalta. Samsung E590 este echipat cu o camera de 3 megapixeli, dotata cu auto-focus si half-shutter. Zoom-ul digital 4x si senzorul CMOS asigura claritatea si acuratetea imaginilor captate. Posibilitatea de a fa ... [read more >>]
	20 July 2007, 10:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Robot That Visits Patients When Doctors Can't
	A new type of robot is assisting doctors in the interaction with the patients. It's not exactly performing brain surgery, but it can take the place of the doctor via a satellite uplink and organize a doctor-patient videoconference even if the two are tens or hundreds of miles apart. This is not the first time robots are assisting doctors, since robot assisted surgery is common practice and there is another prototype, a & ... [read more >>]
	16 July 2007, 12:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Rare Three-Legged Tiger Captured on Camera
	This animal has rarely been captured by a camera in the wilderness. And one of the few images of the endangered Sumatran tiger presents an individual which has lost one of its paws. This is probably due to a snare, in which the animal lost its leg. The Sumatran tigers are the smallest tiger race nowadays: the males can reach a maximum of 136 kg (300 pounds), being just twice bigger than a leopard. The females are smaller. The Sumatran ... [read more >>]
	09 July 2007, 05:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Weapon That Fires Around Corners
	Who said that you can't shoot around the corner? But effectively seeing what you're shooting at is a different story. A company created a weapon system that allows the shooter to fire around the corners without sticking his hand out. Most importantly, the soldier or policeman won't be shooting blind, as he can see in real time what is happening around the corner, while avoiding bullets. The system can be mounted on handgu ... [read more >>]
	28 June 2007, 11:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Mars Express Sent Pictures of Unexplained Linear Features in a Tectonic Area on the Red Planet
	Mars Express sent back some interesting pictures of the Aeolis Mensae region on Mars, lying on a tectonic transition zone. The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board the space probe took snapshots of the wind-eroded features, like incised valleys and unexplained linear features. This region on the surface of Mars is characterized by the lack of surface flow paths, boulder-free slopes, multiple layers and abrupt steepe ... [read more >>]
	28 June 2007, 10:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hello... Newman Media Jukebox M968A!
	Newman again … which makes me think of Seinfeld…again! But that's just me! Anyway, Newman Electronics released a shiny new media jukebox called M968A PMP and added a couple of extra features, to make even more customers happy. So now, the M968A comes equipped with an integrated camera, which allows the user to take instant shots and keep memories with the loved ones straight on the player. Of course, don't expect the ... [read more >>]
	26 June 2007, 02:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

This Is The Car That Captured The Google Maps Pictures!
	A few days ago, the Mountain View company debuted an innovative feature for Google Maps that brings detailed street pictures with several US locations. Because Google Maps is a web-based service that shows satellite maps, numerous users were curios about the procedure used by the search giant to capture the photos. According to PR Differently, the Mountain View company used a car, that seems to be a US version of the Volkswagen B ... [read more >>]
	01 June 2007, 03:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Camera Detector and Spy Finder, a True Paranoid's Tools
	How paranoid are you? On a scale from 1 to 10 would you rate yourself 11? Do you live under the impression that there are cameras everywhere and that they are watching you? If you do, then you'll love the Camera Detector from Scientifics, which is able to detect the presence of any hidden wireless ... [read more >>]
	29 May 2007, 06:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Motorola and Kodak to Launch a 5 Megapixel Camera Phone
	Motorola and Kodak announced more than a year ago a cross licensing and marketing alliance created in the attempt to boost the image capture experience of camera cell phones. This announcement was well received by everyone and great expectations followed. To show the customers th ... [read more >>]
	23 May 2007, 10:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetectors
	Quantum dot photodetectors have just taken a very important step towards large scale, low-cost applications. The fields where this new imaging technique would be invaluable are medical and biological imaging, environmental and chemical monitoring, night vision and infrared imaging from space. A team of researchers at Northwestern University, made up of Manijeh Razeghi, Walter P. Murphy Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer S ... [read more >>]
	21 May 2007, 05:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Laser Device Could Replace Video Surveillance to Protect Personal Privacy
	The recent years have seen an important increase in video surveillance, which started spreading from public and private buildings to the streets. The city of London has more surveillance cameras monitoring its citizens than any other major city in the world and in a single day a person could expect to be filmed 300 times. A new surveillance technology developed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory ... [read more >>]
	18 May 2007, 04:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Affordable Mobile Robot for Researchers, Hobbyists, and Developers
	The robotic industry has become more efficient and even buying a robot without selling your house has become a reality. Now, a new affordable and flexible mobile robot can be purchased by researchers, hobbyists and developers in the industrial and service robot segments, from $2,499 to $3,499 depending on optional equipment and choice of configuration. CoroBot is a new robot developed by Coroware that has a PC-class CPU, a color camera ... [read more >>]
	17 May 2007, 16:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Panasonic's Next Generation MOS Image Sensor
	Over the past couple of years, the image sensor makers came up with few revolutionary technologies to improve the image quality in digital cameras. Apparently, this is not the case for Panasonic, which is now ready to introduce its outstanding breakthrough in the digital image sensors field. Panasonic announces that it has completed the development of a robust and lightning-fast image sensor for the next generation digital cameras. Thi ... [read more >>]
	15 May 2007, 10:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Infrared Images of Venus Show Night and Daytime Simultaneously
	The European Space Agency (ESA) has just received infrared pictures of Venus from its nearest probe, Venus Express. The novelty is that the images have been recorded with the infrared camera that recently went online and started taking beautiful thermal pictures of Earth's sister. The camera is part of a larger sensor system, called Ultraviolet, Visible and Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIRTIS). Venus Express ... [read more >>]
	08 May 2007, 15:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Cannon Unveiles the AVCHD-HR10 DVD Camcorder
	The AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition compression format) camcorders, first introduced by Sony, are rapidly flooding the HD camcorders market. With the release of their first AVCHD-HR10 DVD Camcorder, Canon is trying to catch up with Sony's and Panasonic's elongated AVCHD cameras. The camera is the 9th AVCHD release since the summer of 2006 while editing software was only available as of last week. Sony al ... [read more >>]
	08 May 2007, 11:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Clock Radio with Hidden Pinhole Camera
	You probably remember the Security Camcorder Clock; you know, the alarm clock that comes with a built-in motion-sensitive camera. Well, as you've probably guessed when reading the title, here's a similar "pervert" device that continues the clock-hidden camcorder trend. The snappily named Hidden Camera Spy Clock is not just an alarm clock with a built-in spy camera. It's a radio-alarm-clock-spy cam com ... [read more >>]
	07 May 2007, 04:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Digital Cameras Could Soon Take 3-D Pictures
	In the near future, digital cameras and camera-phones could capture and store 3-D information using an incorporated flash and a new intelligent software. The prototype has undergone several tests and the results are encouraging, with high hopes that future advances will enhance the precision and fidelity of the captions. Two Japanese researchers, Kazunori Umeda and Naoya Ogawa from Chuo University in Tokyo, Japan, found insp ... [read more >>]
	04 May 2007, 16:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

In the Works: The Bubble Head Webcam
	Webcams are ugly and scary. They're definitely ugly mechanical stuff that stare at you using that monstrous eye built in their forehead. Well, things are slowly starting to change. The Bubble Head Web camera (or Egg-head) is Eric Zhang's solution ... [read more >>]
	01 May 2007, 16:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Playstation Eye Will Be Out This Summer
	Don't be misled by its droid looks. This baby is just a camera for PS3. Playstation Eye may not have the high-definition you've probably been expecting, but Sony has finally dropped the “toy” term and announced the Playstation Eye for PS3. The cam is scheduled for a summer release. The Eye in the desk has a four-microphone array for multidirectional voice location tracking, two zoom levels, enhanced echo canceling a ... [read more >>]
	26 April 2007, 16:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Olympus Introduces the X-775, X-785 Digital Cameras
	Olympus has launched a pair of new digital cameras: X-775 (pictured) and X-785. Both come with similar mid-range specs: compact metal body, a 7.1 megapixels resolution, along with a 3x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom, a 2.5-inch LCD, 15 shooting modes and LEXAR 512 MB xD memory card. Here's a complete list of the X-775 camera features: -7.1 Megapixels -One button, one function design principle -3 x optical zoom (equiv ... [read more >>]
	26 April 2007, 03:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Iconix' HD Professional Video Camera Gets Fibre-Optic Output
	California based Iconix Video released in December 2006 what they called the smallest pro-quality High Definition video camera on the market. The HD-RH1 is a camera system that is intended for HD applications, measuring just 1.32-inch x 1.50-inch x 1. 92-inch and weighting 2.5 oz. Iconix are hailing it as a success having sold over 200 of the specialist units (niche marketing success that is). Now, they refreshed the line, ad ... [read more >>]
	16 April 2007, 03:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung Camera With Overall 320 x Zoom Capability
	Security cameras with ultra zoom are already used in keeping an eye on every move you make in a public place/building or private property. Big Brother became reality with the appearance of high surveillance cameras. If he were still alive, George Orwell would probably be saying: "This is just the beginning!". The SCC-C4307 surveillance camera is being shown for the first time at this week's ISC West in Las Vega ... [read more >>]
	03 April 2007, 04:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

World's Smallest Camera
	At just 1/18-inch, OmniVision’s OV6920 is the world’s smallest camera CMOS. It has been introduced by OmniVision Technologies, a supplier of CMOS Camera Chip image sensor solutions for high-volume imaging applications. Besides being the new kid on the small block, it also cost-efficient, in fact the only 1/18-inch sensor available, offering low power operation for use in miniature cameras. The 2.1 mm by 2.3 mm CSP packa ... [read more >>]
	27 March 2007, 08:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung Develops World's Smallest CMOS Image Sensor
	Samsung Electronics, one of the leaders in advanced semiconductor technology, announced recently an 8.4 megapixel CMOS image sensor (CIS) with a 1.4 pixel design at Samsung's fourth annual Mobile Solution Forum. The new ... [read more >>]
	27 March 2007, 04:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

23half Launches Beta Version of Thrrum Visual Search
	23half, a developer of technologies designed to extend the functionality of camera phones, announced the availability of the beta version of Thrrum Visual Search on select camera phone models. Thrrum Visual Search enables camera phone users to access comparison ... [read more >>]
	26 March 2007, 09:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

iPhone Camera Sensors Will Be Produced by Micron
	Last week, I spoke about the manufacturers that will put together the iPhone, hopefully be June, as announced. I was saying then the names that are likely to win the manufacturers competition are Hon Hai for assembling, Samsung for its NAND memory, Marvell for supplying the iPhone's 802.11 wireless connectivity, Catcher Technology for the iPhone casing, Micron for its camera, CSR for Bluetooth chip-sets, Intel (or Japanese R ... [read more >>]
	05 March 2007, 11:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia