Camera articles

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  Microsoft announces new Kinect camera

  on May 21, 2013 01:47 pm

  During the Xbox event in Redmond, Microsoft unveiled its next home console: the Xbox One. Continue reading…

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  Swiss group builds insect-inspired camera system with 180-degree vision

  By Nathan Olivarez-Giles on May 20, 2013 06:38 pm + 5 comments

  There's a race underway to bring insect-like compound eyes to micro drones. Curvace, a research Continue reading…

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  Google on Glass privacy: 'If I'm recording you, I have to stare at you'

  By Nathan Olivarez-Giles on May 16, 2013 07:58 pm + 318 comments

  The team behind Google Glass defended its creation against privacy worries in a Google I/O fireside Continue reading…

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  Video

  Google Glass hacks (Top Shelf 010)

  on May 10, 2013 09:07 am

  The Google Glass Explorer Edition was designed for developers and enthusiasts to play with, and Continue reading…

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  Article

  Olympus announces PEN E-P5, a Micro Four Thirds camera with 1963 looks and 2013 specs

  By David Pierce on May 10, 2013 01:00 am + 58 comments

  If it ain't broke, don't fix it — or fix it, and then undo it all 50 years later. That's what Continue reading…

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  When a drone gets stuck in the arms of a rooftop statue, who's responsible for getting it down?

  By Adi Robertson on May 5, 2013 02:23 pm + 73 comments

  A two-pound quadrotor drone spent last week stuck in the arms of Lady Justice atop Marion, Ohio's Continue reading…

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  Google Glass app lets you sneak photos with a wink

  By Aaron Souppouris on May 2, 2013 05:01 am + 151 comments

  A Google Glass developer has created an app that allows you to take a photo using just your eye. The Continue reading…

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  Scientists build an insect-inspired camera system with 'nearly infinite' depth-of-field

  By Nathan Ingraham on May 1, 2013 01:48 pm + 12 comments

  Samsung may claim its smartphones are inspired by nature, but researchers at the University of Continue reading…

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  Privacy is 'off the table' in a 'post-9/11 world,' says New York City police chief

  By Adrianne Jeffries on April 26, 2013 03:35 pm + 115 comments

  The rhetoric in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings is starting to recall the heightened fear Continue reading…

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  Creator of the Steadicam will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame on May 1st

  By Bryan Bishop on April 26, 2013 03:26 pm + 9 comments

  The Steadicam is a body-mounted camera-stabilization rig that changed the way movies were shot — Continue reading…