Megapixel has an interesting article on a new image compression format called JPEGmini that is compatible with the existing JPEG and allows the file size to be up to five times smaller without any visible loss of image quality. You can try JPEGmini for yourself by uploading your own photo on their website.
Appcam is a new project promising to introduce a new operating system for cameras. Similar to the iPhone, Appcam will introduce “camera-apps” which will be controlled with a touchscreen. Here are some of the advantages listed on their website:
The PrintBrush 4X6 is a camera that can print in color on virtually any surface. The printing process is done by sweeping the device over a flat surface: The PrintBrush is developed by Alex Breton who spent 11 years and $10 million for the development of the device. Expected release date is early 2012. I am […]
Do you remember the WVIL camera (Wireless Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens) and their “tricky” video during CES 2011? They are back again with another video: Artefactgroup via Gizmodo
After the RE-35 April Fool’s prank, a group of students from Hongik University designed another “digital film” concept: While we are on the digital film topic, you can read few interesting comments from someone who used to work for Silicon Film back in 2001 in this thread (search for Jon). I am expecting/hoping Jon will share some more […]
Updated – this is a 100% hoax since the camera will be “shipped” a week form Friday – on April 1st… This video describes “The Invisible Camera” which is a see-through plastic box with a pinhole that can completely isolate the film from the ambient light and take a correct exposure. What do you think, it this real or […]
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany have created the world’s smallest camera with dimensions of 1 x 1 x 1 mm. The camera has 62,500px resolution, can take 250x250px images and is very cheap to produce.
Bidirectional OLED microdisplay combines a sensor and a display on the same chip by integrating photodiodes between the OLED pixels: This technology was developed by the the Fraunhofer Institute. For now the demo chip is only monochrome with 320×240 display and 160×120 camera, but there are plans for higher resolution displays (VGA and above). Here is a video (in German) […]
The first camera concept is developed by Lucas Ainsworth and is called Capture 180 – it takes a 180° hemispheric photograph and allows the user to view an image beyond the dimensions of a standard image. By moving the large LCD display on the back, you can see different portions of a previously taken picture: The second concept, […]
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland created a panoptic camera that resembles a fly’s eye – it has 100 cameras and the combined image is rendered on a computer providing a 360° view in 3D. The camera is also able to measure the distance to an objects and can potentially be used in the car, movies and video games […]
