Articles on Sensor

Toshiba announces new 14.6-megapixel backlit sensor - Oct 28, 2009

Crave Illustration of Toshiba's new backlit sensor. Sony's backlit sensor technology current stands at 10 megapixels, and is used in point-and-shoots such as the Cyber-shot DSC-TX1 and WX1. Come next year, ... Read story »

Logitech's Performance Mouse MX gets Editors' Choice - Sep 1, 2009

Crave The results were conclusive in our mouse head-to-head. Logitech's Performance Mouse MX and its new Darkfield sensor boldly went where Microsoft's Explorer Mouse and its BlueTrack sensor could not. We tried ... Read story »

Ricoh GXR leaked, lens and sensor one module - Nov 10, 2009

Crave The lens-sensor module. Modular camera systems are hard to come by, and so far only RED has it, though it'll set you back a hefty US$17,500 for the system's body. ... Read story »

Leica: Nikon to announce APS-C-sized sensor compact? - Sep 15, 2009

Crave The Leica X1. At Leica's launch event for the M9 and X1 held in Singapore yesterday, Sunil Kaul, regional director of Asia Pacific for Leica Camera AG, mentioned that the ... Read story »

CCD sensor inventors bag Nobel Prize in Physics - Oct 7, 2009

Crave William S. Boyle (left) and George E. Smith in a shot taken in 1974. If you're an avid photographer who loves the age of digital imaging, give thanks to the ... Read story »

New Dell Adamo XPS opens using heat sensor - Oct 19, 2009

Crave The Round Rock-based computer company is certainly milking its marketing worth out of the new Adamo XPS ultraslim laptop. After first unveiling it briefly at a recent press event and ... Read story »

Ricoh officially announces modular GXR camera system - Nov 10, 2009

Crave In what has to be the oddest new camera technology announcement of 2009, Ricoh unveiled its GXR system. It's not a mirrorless interchangeable lens (dare I say EVIL?) system, as ... Read story »

LG adds gyro sensor to its HDTVs - Oct 8, 2009

Crave LG has just announced two new LED-edgelit LCD TV lineups in Korea. The XCanvas SL90- and SL95-series not only offer ultraslim 29.3mm bezels and a full glass front a.k.a. borderless ... Read story »

HP's new accelerometer changes how people interact with the environment - Nov 6, 2009

Crave A 3D rendering of an accelerometer. You've probably heard of or even owned a computer that automatically turns off its hard drive when it senses shock or heavy vibrations. That is ... Read story »

Leica outs M9, X1 and proves it's still an innovator in imaging - Sep 9, 2009

Crave Leica fans, rejoice. The German imaging company has just announced the M9, a full-frame digital rangefinder and the X1, a compact camera with an APS-C-sized sensor and Leica's own acclaimed 24mm ... Read story »

Phase One takes lead in camera sensor test - May 15, 2009

Crave Phase One now rules the DxOMark Sensor roost. Medium-format digital cameras, which have larger sensors and higher price tags than even high-end SLRs, didn't fare so well in earlier tests ... Read story »

Touchscreens to track 10 fingers soon - Jul 23, 2009

Crave New sensors from Synaptics will let devices recognize the touch of up to 10 fingers at a time. Touchscreens that track two fingers will soon seem basic. At least if ... Read story »

Sony's new full-frame A850 under US$2,000 - Aug 27, 2009

Crave The Sony Alpha DSLR-A850. News of the A850, Sony's full-frame follow-up to the Alpha DSLR-A900, surfaced on the Web weeks ago--Sony itself accidentally leaked the entire manual, for pity's sake--but ... Read story »

Apple patent hints at new ways to diagnose iPhone/iPod problems - Aug 7, 2009

Crave One of the iPhone 3G's current moisture sensors can be found on the bottom of the device. A patent application filed by Apple and published Thursday hints at new ways ... Read story »

Kids now load up on night-vision goggles and buck-hunting rifles for toys! - Aug 29, 2009

Crave The box for Jakks' plug-and-play TV game version of the arcade hunting classic; the backside promises, "be a hunter hero!" Inside the box is the all-in-one shotgun with audio and video ... Read story »

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