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Omnivision Adds PDAF to its 13MP RGBW Sensor

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PRNewswire: OmniVision announces the OV13853, a 13MP PureCel image sensor based on 1.12um pixel with phase detection autofocus (PDAF). The OV13853 fits into a compact 8.5 mm x 8.5 mm module with a z-height...

Arctic Sea Ice Collapse Threatens - Update 2

The image below shows sea surface temperature anomalies in the Arctic on July 30, 2015.Due to warm ocean waters and to heatwaves on land that extended over the Arctic Ocean, while warming up rivers ending...

Hutchinson Introduces SMA OIS Actuator

GlobeNewsWire: Hutchinson expects to begin shipping prototypes of a new Cambridge Mechatronics' Shape Memory Alloy Optical Image Stabilization (SMA OIS) actuator to tier 1 camera module manufacturers...

Omnivision Presents New VGA Sensors

PRNewswire: OmniVision announces the cost-optimized and power-efficient OVM7699 CameraCubeChip and OV7699 CameraChip based on 1.75um OmniBSI+ pixel. The 1/13-inch OVM7699 and OV7699 are said to have the...

ON Semi Announces Automotive ISPs

BusinessWire: ON Semiconductor introduces a new series of image co-processors for 1080p HDR automotive cameras. Designed to work in conjunction with the company’s 2MP and 1.2MP image sensor devices, the new AP020x series of co-processors enable a range of solutions for automotive rear view and surround...

Light Closes $25M Series B Financing

Light has raised a $25M Series B round of funding. All of Light existing investors participated in this round, in addition to new investors Formation 8, which led the round, and StepStone. This brings...

Toshiba Unveils PDAF-Equipped Sensor Lineup

BusinessWire, PRNewswire: After presenting its first image sensor with PDAF 2 weeks ago, Toshiba announces a full lineup of these sensors, all based on 1.12um BSI pixels. The part numbers of the new sensors...

Sony Reports Another Increase in Image Sensor Sales

Sony reports its quarterly results for the quarter ended on June 30, 2015. Few quotes:"[Sony Devices Segment] Sales increased 35.1% year-on-year (an 18% increase on a constant currency basis) to 237.9...

Canon Commercializes its ISO 4,000,000 FF Image Sensor

BusinessWire: Canon introduces its first multi-purpose camera, the new ME20F-SH, with exceptionally high sensitivity to capture Full HD video with a minimum subject illumination of less than 0.0005 lux...

Nokia OZO Combines Eight Cameras into One

Nokia announces OZO, said to be the first commercially available VR camera designed and built for professional content creators and the first in a planned portfolio of digital media solutions from Nokia...

Samsung Enters Mass Production of 1um Pixels

BusinessWire: Samsung announces the industry’s first 1.0μm-pixel-based 16MP sensor for mobile devices. The new S5K3P3 leverages the company’s ISOCELL pixel technology.“As a trendsetter in the mobile image...

Intel RealSense Front Camera Reverse Engineering

Chipworks publishes a report on Intel structured light RealSense camera reverse engineering.The front-looking camera uses changing light pattern projected through ST-manufactured MEMS mirror:The RealSense's...

Storms Over Arctic Ocean

The image below shows sea surface temperature anomalies over the Arctic on July 27, 2015.[ departure from 1961-1990 temperatures, click on image to enlarge ]The image below shows sea surface...

Piping Engineer (Offshore) - Thailand AMEC-FW

Piping Engineer (Offshore)Requisition ID 2015-6269Work Location TH-BangkokDepartment / Discipline Engineering - PipingAdditional Work Location ..Job DescriptionOverview / ResponsibilitiesAmec Foster Wheeler currently has an opportunity for Piping Engineer (Offshore) to join our Piping Engineering...

Intro to 2nd Generation Sony Global Shutter Sensors

Point Grey publishes a nice Youtube video explaining the differences between 1st and 2nd generations of Sony Pregius CMOS senso...

The Wireless-Car-Hack Recall: A Real-Life Drama in Three Acts

Act One—2010-2011As automakers begin to build in more wireless technology to enable not only hands-free mobile phone use from their cars but streaming audio services and navigational and safety aids as well, some researchers at UC San Diego and the University of Washington look into...

Rumor: Qualcomm Vuforia Group is Up for Sale

One of the recent rumors I got: "As a part of QCOM's restructuring efforts announced this week, the Vuforia team is being put up for sale. After the Metaio-Apple purchase, which took a key client opportunity off the table, and with Google Android with their own internal solution, it is not surprising...

Arctic Ocean Temperatures Keep Rising

People's emissions are causing the planet to heat up and more than 93% of this heat goes into the oceans. People have measured ocean temperatures for a long time. Reliable records go back to at least...

Pelican Imaging Layoffs?

Somebody posted in comments that Pelican Imaging has just layed off most of the company. Whether this is true or not, their technology page points to a big shift in direction: instead of being a main...

Omnivision's Stockholders Approve Acquisition

PRNewswire: OmniVision's stockholders approved the Agreement and Plan of Merger of OmniVision, Seagull International Limited and Seagull Acquisition Corporation. Seagull International Limited and Seagull Acquisition Corporation are affiliates of a consortium composed of Hua Capital Management Co., Ltd.,...

Thick Sea Ice Dislodged

As the comparison image below shows, the last bit of thick sea ice has become dislodged from its location in the Canadian Archipelago and is forecast to be floating along with the sea ice in the Arctic...

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