optical

Photos: Fujifilm flirts with the frugal

News The S5700, with 7 megapixels and a 10x optical zoom, offers more heft and functionality than a slim point-and-shoot. It has a 4x optical zoom lens and takes xD and SD cards. Fujifilm unveiled two new cameras on Thursday, including the FinePix S5700...

26 February 2007, 10:40

Microsoft unleashes new breeds of mice

News Microsoft released an upgraded version of a wireless optical mouse intended for laptop users on Tuesday and plans to introduce two new desktop mice -- one laser and one optical -- by this summer. The Wireless Optical Notebook Mouse 3000, which...

5 April 2006, 10:12

IBM sees the light in carbon nanotubes

News The light could also be used for optical probing at the level of single molecules -- which previously was impossible because of the way light diffracts at a small scale. So in the future we can make them into a ray of tiny light, and we can use...

21 November 2005, 9:10

Microsoft gaming mouse gets laser power

News The new class of mice, which use a laser instead of an LED to track their movements, are said to be 20 times more sensitive to surface details than conventional optical mice. Microsoft also released a few optical mice, including the $54.95 Wireless...

7 September 2005, 10:03

Photos: Busting up a PlayStation

News Unlike the Xbox 360, Wii or PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2 lacks a self-contained optical drive. Ethernet jack, digital audio out (optical), AV multi out connector, power connector, and two cooling vents are located on the rear.

Tags: ports, post, chip, cable

1 February 2008, 9:53

News.blog: Samsung cameras play MP3s

News The brushed black, stainless steel camera has a 3x optical zoom that is equivalent to a 38-114 mm lens in 35 mm format. The 7-megapixel NV7 features a Schneider 7x optical zoom lens that is equivalent to 38-270 mm in 35 mm format.

10 July 2006, 11:30

A film projector in a mobile phone?

News The basic Photon Vacuum system, which consists of an LED with the integrated optical system, can likely sell for under £5 in high volumes. LED projectors also have the potential to be cheap because Upstream's ornate optical system won't be...

16 November 2005, 9:39

News.blog: Blur beware

News Both the FX50 and FX07 come with a 28mm wide-angle lens with 3.6x optical zoom. The FX3 has a 35mm lens with 3x optical zoom. Panasonic unveiled three new additions to their FX Series LUMIX collection of cameras, signalling a bold move in the...

20 July 2006, 10:07

Photos: Toyota's Panasonic kit at the British Grand Prix

News The FZ30s has an 8-megapixel sensor, 12x optical zoom and what Panasonic calls Extended Optical Zoom, which is supposed to minimise the image degradation that normally occurs with digital zooming, for up to 19.1x close-ups in 3-megapixel photos.

12 June 2006, 15:48

Panasonic plays the DVD maker to push the next generation format

News The incompatible formats aim to significantly increase the data storage capacity of discs and succeed DVD as the next step in optical storage. DVDs took over from CDs as the entertainment industries looked to put video content on optical discs...

6 May 2005, 11:10

Photos: Cracking open the Wii

News The optical drive is connected to the main PCB by a thin ribbon cable and larger power cable. Not for the faint of heart: disconnect the optical drive's ribbon cable to completely remove the drive. TechRepublic runs a regular series called...

28 August 2007, 10:48

An automatic doctor that blogs your blood pressure

News In AdvancedBPM, the patch contains an optical sensor tuned to detect changes in the density or volume of arteries. The basic technology came from a company with which Banet was once associated that made optical sensors for 'seeing' whether...

16 September 2005, 10:35

News.blog: New MacBook Pros in the air?

News If you're in the market for a new Mac that comes with an optical drive and more than one USB port, you might want to wait a few weeks to see what shakes out. With Apple's MacBook Air almost on the shelves, it might not be too much longer before the...

Tags: boost, laptops, notes, air

5 February 2008, 9:28

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, 10:43

Matsushita to sell larger Blu-ray recorders

News Panasonic maker Matsushita Electric Industrial said it would launch new Blu-ray optical disc recorders in November that allow more hours of full high-definition recording on a single disc than any others available.Matsushita, along with Sony...

3 October 2007, 10:43