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ScienceDaily (Oct. 24, 2011) Imagine having skin so supple you could stretch it out to more than twice its normal length in any direction -- repeatedly -- yet it would always snap back completely wrinkle-free when you let go of it. You would certainly never need Botox.

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Bigger Sensor, Better Pictures

In technical terms, the APS-C image sensor of the Sony NEX-3 Digital Camera is 13 times the size of the typical sensor. In human terms, you'll be taking photographs, not snapshots. The bigger sensor means softer backgrounds, for more attractive portraits. You'll see better into the dark after sunset, and all your pictures will benefit from 14.2 megapixel resolution.

World's Smallest and Lightest

The NEX-3 delivers the quality of a DSLR in a camera that's ready to go wherever you go. In fact, this is the world's smallest, lightest interchangeable lens digital camera (as of April 2010). It's roughly half the size and weight of Sony's smallest, lightest DSLR, the 230.

ScienceDaily (June 17, 2011) Electronics that can be bent and stretched might sound like science fiction. But Uppsala researcher Zhigang Wu, working with collaborators, has devised a wireless sensor that can stand to be stretched. For example, the sensor can measure intensive body movements and wirelessly send information directly to a computer.

The findings are now being presented in the journal Advanced Functional Materials.

Leaf Imaging announced the availability of the Leaf Aptus-II 10R camera back, with internal rotating sensor, for medium and large format photographers who often need to change orientation during a shoot. The Leaf Aptus-II 10R is available for a variety of medium and large format cameras, and is suited for architecture, landscape, portrait and product advertising.
The Leaf Aptus-II 10Rs internally rotating sensor allows photographers to keep their camera upright, while shifting orientation, without removing, shutting down or turning the Leaf camera back - preventing sensor exposure to the elements, and avoiding other issues related to digital back removal and rotation.

Just when we thought 12 Megapixels to be a standard for a compact camera, and camera manufacturers had stopped tumbling over each other in order to introduce the highest possible amount of pixels, Aptina comes to spoil the fun. Aptina is offering a new MT9F001 image sensor to the manufacturers, featuring no less than 14 Megapixels. Here we go again Naturally, a sensor should achieve an optimal performance, and yes indeed; the sensor is able to capture full video (1080/60 fps). And just where will we see this Aptina 14 Megapixel sensor? According to the information we received, Sanyo seems to seems to have taken a fancy to it / seems to be rather taken by it.

A tiny radio chip implanted in a moth harvests power and senses neural activity.

Thanks to the shrinking size of electronics, researchers have been exploring increasingly sophisticated implantable devices, paving the way for new prosthetics and brain-machine interfaces. But a big challenge has been how to deliver power to electronic components embedded within the body.

The Kodak KAF-18500 Image Sensor was developed specifically for the newly announced Leica M9, the latest member in Leicas legendary M-series of cameras.
Enabling a new generation of features and capabilities for this Rangefinder camera, the Kodak sensor provides full-frame image capture, increased resolution, and improved image quality compared to the image sensor used in the previous generation Leica M8 camera.
The Leica M9 is now the fourth Leica camera to utilize Kodak CCD Image Sensors, building on Kodaks earlier support of the Leica Digital Module-R, the Leica M8 (Leicas first digital Rangefinder camera), and the new Leica S2 camera.