Sony Plans to Take Over Toshiba's Image Sensor Division
Sony has confirmed that it’s currently in negotiations to agree the terms with which it will take over Toshiba’s CMOS…
Sony Is Working On a Camera Sensor That's Curved Like the Human Eye
Curved devices are hot right now, from TVs to wearables. But a curved image sensor is more than just a fashion gimmick.…
Berkeley Lab's 2D Transistor Could Supercharge Tomorrow's Electronics
Graphene is regularly touted as a "super material" in electronics manufacturing—one able to do everything that silicon…
Hasselblad is Switching to CMOS With New 50 Megapixel Sensor
Hasselblad just announced that they are re-vamping the sensor tech for their 50 megapixel medium format digital back. A…
Ain't No Staircase High Enough To Keep MTGR from Getting to You
While grand-scale robotics programs like DARPA's Big Dog project may spark our sci-fi fancy, they're still years away…
Sharp's Tiny Stabilized Camera Sensor Will Unblur Your Shakiest Smartphone Shots
Sharp's boasting that their new 12.1MP sensor module is the world's thinnest, allowing it to squeeze completely…
The World's Largest CMOS Sensor Is Recording Meteors at 60FPS
Last year, when we asked what could possibly need an 8-square-inch low light sensor, Canon replied with, "Space stuff".…
Canon's Omnidirectional Camera Is a 50 Megapixel Eye That Looks Everywhere at Once
Panoramic photography can be tricky. What's better? Canon's camera that shoots a single, 360° image. The tech uses a…
Canon's Ungodlynormous Image Sensor Sees London, France and Underpants in the Dark
A full-frame image sensor, like in the 5D Mark II or Nikon D3s, is the equivalent of 35 millimeters. This image sensor…
Canon's Single-Shot Multi-Band 50-Megapixel Camera Sees Colors the Human Eye Can't
You're not seeing the full picture—the picture that the world's first single-shot multi-band camera can see, because…
With Expanded Size Comes Greater Light-Gathering Capability, in Canon's "World's Largest" Sensor
As well as popping out news of a massive 120 megapixel sensor last week, Canon's technicians have today announced its…
Canon Decides We Need 120 Megapixel Sensors
Traditional high-resolution has been downgraded. Canon's developed an APS-H-size CMOS image sensor capable of recording…
Canon PowerShot SD4000 IS Review: No More Noisy Nights
The Canon PowerShot SD4000, the company's first compact with a back-lit CMOS sensor, achieves an elusive…
Next-Generation iPhone May Have 5-Megapixel Camera, Sources Claim
Digitimes' patchy sources are claiming that OmniVision Technologies—the current manufacturers of the iPhone 3GS'…
Flash Memory Sensors: 100x Smaller Than CCDs, Better at Low Light
CCD and CMOS sensors take great images, but that doesn't mean they're perfect. They're bulky and bad in low light. It…
RollingShutter Reminds Us That While Jello Wiggles, Videos Should Not
What's wrong with that video from last night? Things seems a bit skewed, distorted, and wiggly-jiggly. No, I'm not…
Eyeglass-Mounted Display Tracks Eye Movements To Manipulate Data
German researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems have embedded a head-mounted microdisplay into…
Samsung Micro-Shutter Means Better Phone Cameras, Someday
Minuscule sensors and crappy fixed lenses are only partly responsible for cellphone cameras taking such terrible…
Canon Adopting dSLR Chips for a New Pro Camcorder?
There's a rumor afoot suggesting that Canon will be ditching CCD and adopting CMOS chips for a new pro-level camcorder.…
What's the Difference Between CMOS and CCD? Giz Explained It
Almost a year ago, we explained image sensors. This week, with all the camera news, it seems fitting to mention that,…