Topic: Cameras

Gazelle Boosts Its Bottom Line by Keeping Your Gadgets Out of Landfills

Gazelle, a hot web service benefits its bottom line by keeping your old consumer electronics out of landfills.READ»

The New Windows 7 Phones: All You Need to Know

In the hours before Microsoft's Apple challenger launched, a slew of Windows phones surfaced. Then MS revealed a total of 10 phones for 30 countries. Most look like competitors to the current iPhone, not next year's. READ»

NTT, Olympus Bring Augmented Reality to Sarah Palin Specs

Augmented Reality and wearable headset computer monitors--sounds like a tech marriage made in electronic heaven. Until now, it's often seemed like a clunky hardware-limited idea though. Then NTT DoCoMo arrived.READ»

Lego-Like Pentax Camera Is Customizable Work of Art

Using Japanese plastic blocks, this is perhaps the only camera that remains fun no matter where it's pointing.READ»

Apple Headphone, Camera Patents Reveal Obsession With Design Details

Apple patents things all the time, but two new ideas for headphone sockets and camera flashes demonstrate exactly how much attention Apple pays to the small details of its product design.READ»

Consumers Are Excited About 3D-TVs at Home--Until They Try One

For a solid two years now, TV manufacturers have been insisting that 3D-TVs at home are the next big thing. According to a recent survey, consumers agree--until they actually try one out.READ»

Samsung Just Revealed Apple's Next iPhone Super-Chip

Samsung just pulled the veil from its dual-core Orion low-power chip, based on ARM Cortex A9 designs. It's powerful, impressive. It may also be the secret behind Apple's next iPad/iPhone CPU.READ»

Samsung's B+ Mentality: Find a Successful Product, Copy It Adequately

Samsung's new Galaxy Tablet is the answer to Apple's iPad, but it's barely competent--which is precisely how Samsung rolls. A history of merely satisfactory products proves the point.READ»

Tom Bannister Checks In on Branded Web Video

The showrunner behind "FCU: Fact-Checkers Unit" explains the art of product integration and the power of celebrity.READ»

WANTED: Nikon S1100pj Projector Camera

Nikon's S1100pj camera is one of those gadgets that is absolutely guaranteed to impress any onlookers. It's a normal point-and-shoot camera in every way--except that it has a full-scale, surprisingly good projector crammed inside it.READ»

American Malls Beat Japan in Race for Touchscreen Vending Machines [Updated]

The new technology debuts with a splash in Tokyo--but this time, slick Japan tech followed innovative mall machines in Michigan.READ»

Study: iPhone Users Have More Sex

The best way to get laid is to tote an iPhone, according to a study of smartphone daters by OKCupid. And female iPhone owners are getting the most action of all. READ»

WANTED: Panasonic's "World's First" 3-D Consumer Camcorder

Roger Ebert hates 3-D, and Avatar gave me a headache. But it's the hottest video trend in 2010 and likely 2011. Scores of movies (including good ones, like Toy Story 3) are leading the way in the high-end bracket, but 3-D televisions ...READ»

WANTED: Panasonic Lumix LX5 Camera

A new crop of super-point-and-shoot cameras are hitting the scene, and Panasonic's Lumix LX5 looks to be one of the best.READ»

Can 3G Nintendo DS and Sony PSP Compete With Smartphones?

While your Nintendo DS or Sony PSP may be pretty clever at wireless connection over Wi-Fi, when you wander out of antenna range you're doomed. To combat this problem, these two companies are creating new technology to boost Wi-Fi ...READ»

Facebook Adds Face Detection to Photos, Recognition Next?

Is Facebook's new face-detection tech a new privacy nightmare? READ»

Eric Schmidt: 160,000 Android Phones Activated Each Day. Impressive, or Anti-iPhone PR?

Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, has given an interview to the Guardian in which he claims that 160,000 Android mobile devices are being activated each day. That's up 60% in a month. Schmidt also claimed that because Android is free, it ...READ»

Sony at E3: PS3 Goes 3-D, and Motion Sensing Won't Come Cheap

Sony's keynote speech at the E3 gaming conference just ended, and included some big news. Every PS3 is going 3-D, the Move motion-sensing controller is priced, and a whole lot more.READ»

E3 Day 0: Wins for EA, Ubisoft, and Microsoft - But Activision Shows Us a Good Time

EA: Gamer's GamesEA showed that it really wanted to connect with its fans, announcing a reward community for those who play its shooters dubbed EA Gunclub (a name so politically charged that it's certain to arrive with a bang). To ...READ»

Fast Company Mobile: Now Image-Enhanced - http://m.fastcompany.com

Samsung is predicting a 50% increase in smartphone sales this year, and now we know why.READ»

Panasonic, Skype Want You to Talk to Your TV, for Google-Rivaling VoIP Plan

Well what'd you know? As soon as we get interested about Google's rumored TV tie-up with Sony and its potential plans for Skype rivalry, up pops Panasonic. It's just announced a deal with Skype to bring VoIP to your Panny TV. The new ...READ»

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Simon Trussell Exposure control The size of the aperture and the brightness of the scene controls the amount of light that enters the camera during a period of time, and the shutter controls the length of time that the light hits the recording surface. Equivalent exposures can be made with a larger aperture and a faster shutter speed or a corresponding smaller aperture and with the shutter speed slowed down. READ»

Michel Tombroff Uses Gesture Technology for EA Sports, Panasonic

Michel Tombroff is developing software to analyze images captured by 3-D cameras and working with EA Sports, Texas Instruments, and Panasonic to make avatars move based on users' actions.READ»

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HTC Droid Incredible to Debut on Verizon This Month: Nexus Who?

HTC's newly renamed Droid Incredible is basically the Google Nexus One in full-on HTC mode--meaning, it's better than the Nexus One.READ»

Mobile 3D LCD Handheld No Glasses Required

Sharp's new 3D liquid crystal displays – LCD push bright, clear imagery without the cumbersome glasses traditionally required for such technology. However, so far it available only in a 3-inch mobile device screen held one foot from ...READ»