These days, almost everything you watch on TV and in theaters is shot digitally. But because Hollywood still needs film sometimes, the the biggest motion picture companies in the world are banding together to keep the lights on in Kodak’s Rochester motion picture film plant. Read more…
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How Hollywood Just Saved Motion Picture Film From Death
It looks like it’s full speed ahead at Nest: Just a few days after putting its Protect smoke and CO alarm back on the market, the company announced it will acquire Dropcam for $555 million. What could Nest (or Google) want with a surveillance camera company? Exactly what you’d expect. Read more…
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Nest Just Bought Security Camera Company Dropcam For $555 Million
Researchers from MIT have developed a camera that can take pictures in almost total darkness . It works by mathematically reconstructing 3D images from single photons reflected from dimly lit objects. The achievement could result in stealthy spy cameras, or treat eyes that are easily damaged by excess light. Read more…
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Researchers from MIT have developed a camera that can take pictures in almost total darkness.
If you haven’t been able to convince publishers your life would make for an awesome comic book, and can’t draw more than a crude stick figure facsimile of yourself, you can thank the imaging researchers at the Kanagawa Institute of Technology in Japan. They’ve created a fun system that can automatically generate manga-style comics starring anyone striking a pose in front of its camera. Read more…
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You No Longer Need To Be an Artist To Appear In Your Own Comic Book
Trying to pinpoint what exactly in your car is making that weird ticking noise can drive anyone to madness. As sensitive as our ears are, they’re not always as great at precisely locating where a sound is coming from. Thankfully you have four other senses to help, particularly your sight, which this unique SeeSV-S205 acoustic imager lets you use to actually see sound. Read more…
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This Portable Sound Camera Shows You Where It’s Loud
Most front-facing phone cameras suck. It’s not their fault, though: they have to be squeezed in to a tiny gap, which puts obvious limits on their geometry. Fortunately, this new Omnivision sensor squeezes a lot more performance into that minuscule frame. Read more…
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This Sensor Will Give Your Phone a 1080p, 60fps Front Camera
There was no small amount of technology that went into the capture of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev , but perhaps none was more impressive than the helicopter-mounted, forward-looking infrared camera that confirmed once and for all that there was someone hiding in a boat in Watertown, Massachusetts. And that he was almost certainly Dzokhar Tsarnaev. More »
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The Crazy Accurate Thermal Images That Saw Dzokhar Tsarnaev Through a Boat Tarp
Everyone who is not a good photographer is a bad photographer—a condition that’s only made worse because we insist on documenting our lives with abysmal smartphone cameras. And of all of the terrible things that ruin photos, blur from shooting at slow shutter speeds is amongst the most common ailments. Photoshop to the rescue! More »
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Photoshop’s Genius Shake Reduction Tool Fixes Blurry Shots Like Magic
Firefighters will actually be able to see through flames thanks to infrared hologram technology, a new study in Italy has found. More »
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New Infrared Tech Will Let Firemen See Through Flames