OISblog http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog Computational Imaging at Duke University Mon, 14 Feb 2011 02:02:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Liquid Crystal Eyeglasses http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=152 http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=152#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 02:01:41 +0000 dbrady http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=152 Pixel Optics has introduced Empower eyeglasses, which use liquid crystal lenses to actively adjust power.

]]> http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?feed=rss2&p=152 0 DISP is on YouTube http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=147 http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=147#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:27:12 +0000 dbrady http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=147 Thanks to Igor Carron, CASSI is explained on YouTube.

]]> http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?feed=rss2&p=147 0 Mike Gehm is on You Tube http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=145 http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=145#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:25:15 +0000 dbrady http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=145 Mike Gehm discusses computational imaging on youtube.

]]> http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?feed=rss2&p=145 0 Gorgon Stare http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=143 http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=143#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:24:13 +0000 dbrady http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=143 Gorgon Stare is a 9 camera wide area persistent surveillance system mounted on the Reaper UAV.

]]> http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?feed=rss2&p=143 0 Tessera. Siimpel and auto-focus http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=140 http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=140#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:59:27 +0000 dbrady http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=140 Siimpel was another MEMS autofocus company, recently acquired by Tessera.

]]> http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?feed=rss2&p=140 0 optical touch technologies http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=138 http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=138#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:39:44 +0000 dbrady http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=138 Optical touch technologies represent a growing market for image sensors.

]]> http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?feed=rss2&p=138 0 14 meg cell phone camera http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=136 http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=136#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:49:55 +0000 dbrady http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=136 The Altek Leo is a 14 meg optical zoom android cell phone. Progress, but we can do better.

]]> http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?feed=rss2&p=136 0 Hasselblad releases 200 megapixel imager http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=129 http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=129#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:51:14 +0000 dbrady http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=129 Hasselblad has announced a multishot 200 megapixel camera based on micropositioning (and presumably digital super resolution?) of a 50 megapixel sensor. The announcement is here.

]]> http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?feed=rss2&p=129 0 Adaptive lenses http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=125 http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=125#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:15:07 +0000 dbrady http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=125 Small scale electrically adapted lenses are useful in multiscale design. Several companies are pursuing such lenses, including

Holochip
Rhevision
Lens Vector
Optotune
and
Varioptic

A nice review of the technologies by Andrew Wilson is available on OpticIQ

]]> http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?feed=rss2&p=125 0 Canon 120 megapixel sensor http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=123 http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=123#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:59:24 +0000 dbrady http://opticalimaging.org/OISblog/?p=123 120 megapixels. The chip area is 29 by 20 millimeters. Here is the story at Wired.]]> Canon has produced a prototype 13280 by 9184 cmos sensor, e.g. >120 megapixels. The chip area is 29 by 20 millimeters. Here is the story at Wired.

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