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Photo: Panasonic's image sensor

December 9, 2004 The company's tiny chip packs a lot of pixels, allowing phone makers to boost cameras without adding bulk. TAGS: sensor, Panasonic, photograph, camera

Making weather watching everybody's business

November 17, 2004 WeatherBug unveils sensors for budding meteorologists and neighborhood cloud-gazers. Photo: Bringing the weather to your desktop TAGS: WeatherBug, sensor, weather, content provider

Camera pill offers view from the inside

March 4, 2005 Eat MagnaChip Semiconductor's camera and get 50,000 pictures of your intestinal tract. TAGS: National Semiconductor Corp., sensor, patient, camera, photograph

Peel-and-stick electronics

September 18, 2006 A radio-powered light switch might not sound interesting at first, but EnOcean hopes to make the device ubiquitous. TAGS: ZigBee, sensor, temperature, power consumption, radio, electronics, battery

Micron image sensor hits 8 megapixels

March 10, 2007 Micron Technology, trying to take on widely used CCD image sensors, pushes its CMOS technology to 8 megapixels. TAGS: Micron Technology Inc., CMOS, sensor, CCD, camera, video camera, digital camera, video

Naval Observatory gets 111-megapixel image sensor

June 19, 2006 The sensor, which will help USNO track stars' movements, follows super-resolution project destined for Chile. TAGS: DALSA Corp., Chile, sensor, semiconductor

Kodak boosts digital camera sensitivity

June 14, 2007 Kodak says digital cameras will work better in dim conditions with a straightforward but significant change to image sensors.Photos: Kodak's highly sensitive sensorPodcast: Help for the camera klutz TAGS: Eastman Kodak Co., sensor, Bayer AG, pixel, green, sensitivity, digital camera, camera, image, photograph

Why increase pixel counts?

February 6, 2007 There are advantages to increasing the number of megapixels, experts say, but there are costs too. TAGS: sensor, pixel, camera

Is your iron still on? Check your cell phone

May 17, 2006 Eaton's Home Heartbeat will tell you what's going on at home. But do you want to know what your dishwasher is doing? TAGS: sensor, base station, security camera, alert, cell phone, TV, camera

Worms could dodge Net traps

August 4, 2005 Scientists outline a way that attackers could subvert the early-warning systems meant to detect threats. TAGS: sensor, attacker, Wisconsin, researcher, scientist, IP address, IP, activity, worm, threat, location

Sensor instantly detects cocaine in blood

March 1, 2006 Device could conceivably be used to test exposure to biotoxins and other substances, researchers say. TAGS: sensor, blood, Nobel prize, molecule, DNA, substance, drug, professor, researcher

Sensors: Living off scraps of energy

May 24, 2006 In the future, your shoes may be able to charge your camera and RFID chips could tell when you leave the room. Images: Energy-saving sensors TAGS: RFID, energy, sensor, transistor, RFID chip, tag, microprocessor, reader, scientist, battery, Intel, security

Sensors drafted to turn off lights nationwide

February 4, 2005 The Energy Department wants to cut down energy consumption by turning off the lights when you leave the room. TAGS: Dust Networks, quad, sensor, building, energy, monitor

Nikon answers Canon with full-frame SLR

August 24, 2007 The $5,000 D3 will be Nikon's first digital SLR whose sensor is the size of a full frame of 35mm film.Photos: Nikon's full-frame SLR TAGS: Nikon Corp., SLR, sensor, Canon Inc., enthusiast, camera, format

Panasonic gooses megapixels, zoom

May 21, 2007 An early entrant into the 12-megapixel race, the Lumix FX100 also comes with novel optical zoom technology. TAGS: sensor, Panasonic, lens, camera, SLR

Sensor battles senseless houseplant death

October 19, 2006 House plants, fear not. A USB-powered sensor is coming to save you. Plant safety in a stake TAGS: plant, soil, sensor, stake, retailer, health

Digital SLRs bring lens quandary

May 4, 2006 Changes that came with higher-end digicam models may have brought more diversity than some buyers bargained for. Photos: SLR cameras for the digital age TAGS: SLR, lens, sensor, Fujifilm, camera, buyer, manufacturing, Eastman Kodak Co., Canon Inc., situation, photograph

Microsoft to buy remote sensor firm

March 20, 2006 Software maker hopes Vexcel will provide a boost to the company's digital mapping efforts. TAGS: local search, sensor, software company, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Where's the SLR-style compact camera?

July 19, 2007 Choices are sparse for camera buyers looking for some of the performance and control of an SLR but not its bulk. The options could improve soon.Photos: Compact digicams for the SLR set TAGS: SLR, sensor, Nikon Corp., camera, Olympus Corp., Canon Inc., support, Panasonic

Sequel arrives for Canon's entry-level SLR

August 24, 2006 The Rebel XTi digital SLR camera boosts megapixel count and adds dust-cleaning sensor technology. Photos: Canon's new digital SLR camera TAGS: SLR, sensor, Canon Inc., lens, Nikon Corp., camera, image, LCD
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