Just because you can, does that mean you should? This is from Nikkei Business Publications site…
FreeBit announced the latest version (1.1b) of its “ServersMan@iPhone,” communication software for Apple Inc’s mobile phone, “iPhone 3G.” This software turns the iPhone into a Web server that is accessible via the Internet. Using “Emotion Link,” the company’s proprietary communication technology, the software builds up a secure virtual network on an existing IP network.
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This is kind of technical, but the net result should be to allow higher quality 10 megapixel + imagers in mobile phones like the iPhone without the need for a mechanical shutter.
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is currently developing a MEMS shutter intended for compact digital cameras. It is formed on a glass substrate using a typical MEMS technology and has already been reported at an academic conference.
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This is from an April 29th, 2009 press release from UCLA regarding a major advance in imaging technology…
Ultrafast, light-sensitive video cameras are needed for observing high-speed events such as shockwaves, communication between living cells, neural activity, laser surgery and elements of blood analysis. To catch such elusive moments, a camera must be able to capture millions or billions of images continuously with a very high frame rate. Conventional cameras are simply not up to the task.
Now, researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a novel, continuously running camera that captures images roughly a thousand times faster than any existing conventional camera.
In a paper in the April 30 issue of Nature (currently available online), UCLA Engineering researchers Keisuke Goda, Kevin Tsia and team leader Bahram Jalali describe an entirely new approach to imaging that does not require a traditional CCD (charge-coupled device) or CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) video camera. Building on more than a decade of research on photonic time stretch, a technique for capturing elusive events, the team has demonstrated a camera that captures images at some 6 million frames per second.
