optical

Kodak packs two lenses in its latest camera

News The device incorporates both a wide-angle (23mm) lens and a 5x optical zoom lens, stacked vertically in the centre of a black and silver frame that's less than an inch thick. The new EasyShare V570 digital camera from Eastman Kodak includes a pair...

3 January 2006, 10:24

Kodak debuts wireless digital camera

News The V610 is a compact 6-megapixel camera with a 10x optical zoom. Kodak has introduced a telephoto version of its compact dual lens camera that offers Bluetooth wireless technology. The V610 lets people transfer images wirelessly to any other...

26 April 2006, 9:43

Sony struts its Blu-ray stuff in Japan

News Sony on Tuesday gave out more details regarding its strategy and content lineup for Blu-ray, one of the next-generation optical formats fighting to succeed the DVD. Famitsu says there will be around 75 titles from 12 companies available on Blu-ray...

30 August 2006, 9:57

Photos: Nintendo Wii swings into action

News Nintendo says its newly named Wii console is about the width of three stacked DVD cases and will play single- or double-layered 120mm optical discs, as well as 80mm Nintendo GameCube discs. The Wii system comes with 512MB of internal flash memory...

10 May 2006, 10:38

Scientists closer to not seeing invisibility cloak

News Researchers say they can redirect light around three-dimensional objects using metamaterials -- artificially engineered structures created at a nano scale that contain optical properties not found in nature, according to an Associated Press report.

Tags: nature, science, materials, object

11 August 2008, 8:22

Canon develops its camera and printer lineup

News The PowerShot S80 also offers a 3.6x wide-angle optical zoom, equivalent to 28mm to 100mm zoom on a standard film camera. Canon on Monday announced a clutch of new digital cameras -- with resolutions ranging up to 12.8 megapixels -- along with an...

23 August 2005, 8:41

Photos: Apple presents Leopard and Mac Pro

News The new Mac Pro desktop will have two dual-core Intel Xeon chips, as well as space for two optical disc drives and up to four hard drives. Scott Forstall, Apple's vice president of platform experience, talks about the importance of backing up data...

8 August 2006, 13:57

Panasonic beams Blu-ray to your home

News The equipment comes in the midst of the high-definition optical disc wars. Panasonic wants to remodel your entertainment centre around Blu-ray. In September, the company will begin to sell a Blu-ray player, as well as an audio-video receiver and a...

23 June 2006, 9:34

News.blog: Kodak sells its first CMOS camera sensor

News Kodak will use its new KAC-05011 sensor in the new Easyshare C513, which features a 3x optical zoom lens and 61mm (2.4-inch) LCD screen. Kodak has just sold its first CMOS image sensor for digital cameras.

24 July 2007, 9:38

New, Earth-like planet discovered

News The planet takes the nondescript name 'OGLE-2005-BLG-390' after one such telescope, named OGLE, or Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Scientists said on Wednesday that they had discovered a planet more like Earth than any other found before.

26 January 2006, 9:40

News.blog: Mouse-and-Qwerty-keyboard combo

News The right unit functions as a mobile combination keyboard/optical mouse that can be moved around on a support surface just like a conventional mouse. If, as so many of us do, you spend much of your day in front of a PC, you are likely to move your...

18 May 2006, 9:53

New navigation device from 3Dconnexion

News Using six optical sensors, the 3D SpaceNavigator is not a replacement for a mouse, but is intended for use in the mouse-free hand -- if you use the mouse with your right hand, you would simultaneously use the SpaceNavigator with your left.

28 November 2006, 9:36

Writable HD DVDs due in 2006

News At stake is pole position in the multibillion dollar markets for DVD players, PC drives and optical discs. Hitachi Maxell and a unit of Mitsubishi Chemical said on Wednesday they will launch HD DVD-based write-once discs next year, a move marking...

9 June 2005, 9:41

Apple reveals Leopard's spots

News The Mac Pro offers a similar casing to the Power Mac G5 that preceded it, but replaces the older PowerPC processors with two dual-core Intel Xeon chips as well as space for two optical disc drives and up to four hard drives.

8 August 2006, 10:33

News.blog: Blu-ray and HD DVD united by 2008?

News Christos Lagomichos, general manager of the Home Entertainment Group at STMicroelectronics, told EE Times that "a significant volume of high-definition-capable optical-disc players in 2008 will be universal players.

Tags: universal, companies, disc, electronics

7 November 2006, 11:38