Recent Image Sensor ThesesA number of recent theses published by various universities over the last year have not been covered in this blog for various reasons. Here is a quick catch-up:University of Calgary, Canada published MSc thesis "High-Performa…Read More
Vishay Acquires Capella MicrosystemsYahoo: Vishay Intertechnology acquired all of the remaining outstanding shares of Taiwan based Capella Microsystems for approximately NT$668.2 million or US$21.0 million. Vishay initially acquired 88.95% of Capella’s shares i…Read More
Latest Jot Pixel PaperOpen-access IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society publishes an early-access paper "A Pump-gate Jot Device with High Conversion Gain for a Quanta Image Sensor" by Jiaju Ma and Eric Fossum. The new jot sensor uses BSI pi…Read More
Consumer Reports Tests Car Gesture Control at CES 2015Consumer Reports publishes an article on BMW, Volkswagen, and Visteon (Ford) gesture control systems presented at CES 2015. The general conclusion is that gesture control "looks cool, but not always better."…Read More
Image Sensor in Every BulletPR Newswire: SmartRounds Technology, LLC "SRT" of Brighton, Colorado announces a 18mm non-impact, non-lethal smart bullets, initially be available in two versions: a ShockRound and a PepperRound. Each one is equipped with an …Read More