To create a great smartphone camera, first you need a great mobile camera sensor, and Samsung just unveiled a new 50-megapixel, 1/1.31-inch Isocell GN1 sensor – a component that should find its way ...

Samsung's rumored 200MP ISOCELL HPC sensor promises larger 1/1.3-inch size, UFCC tech, and ultra-high dynamic range for next-gen flagship smartphones.

Sony’s stacked sensors are giving cameras an edge in speed but Canon thinks it can take that idea even further. In a patent published on December 21, Canon describes a layered CMOS sensor that uses a ...

Just like bracketing exposures, image sensor circuitry combines multiple exposures into one image to improve its dynamic range, or the ability to capture bright and dark regions. Stephen Shankland ...

Avago Technologies introduces a low cost analog-output ambient light photo sensor in miniature chipLED lead-free, the APDS_9006. It has a reverse surface mount package and consists of a photo sensor, ...

Lots of people build custom steampunk goggles, but most don’t implement any interactivity – they’re just an aesthetic accessory. [Sarah] recently decided to built a pair that, besides looking cool, ...