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“No device is ever perfect, nor is photographic film” – George E Smith, co-inventor of the CCD sensor, has died
George E Smith helped invent a device that changed everything from photography to astronomy: the CCD sensor. Smith, ...
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CCD image sensor pioneer George E. Smith passes away at 95
George E. Smith, one of the co-inventors of the CCD sensor, passed away on May 28th at his home in Waretown, New Jersey. The ...
Simulation: New telescope soon to detect millions of objects in the solar system
In a few days, the first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory are to be presented. Simulations are now raising ...
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Major telescope hosts world's largest digital camera: how it will transform astronomy
This might sound like an obvious thing for a professional stargazer to say. But astrophysicist Federica Bianco was reacting ...
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George E. Smith, Nobel laureate who envisioned digital imagery, dies at 95
The far wider potential for the CCD was soon evident after the patent was registered in 1974. A team at Eastman Kodak unveiled a prototype digital camera in 1975 that was nearly as big as a ...
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“A cinema camera can take amazing photos…” The Sony FX2 has the same sensor as the A7 IV, but here's why it’s still more expensive
Where other FX series cameras lack burst and flash capabilities, the FX2 does not. Sony calls the FX2 an entry for future filmmakers, but the FX2 doesn’t replace another model in the lineup; rather it ...
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The Viral Volvo EX90 Video Explained: How Lidar Sensors Can Ruin Your Phone Camera
Yes, the high-energy infrared beams shot by the LiDAR sensor can damage your phone's camera. "The lidar, being a laser based system, uses infrared light waves that may cause damage to certain ...