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Korea’s government laboratory, Korea Electronics Technology Institute, has developed what they call a Single-carrier Modulation Photo Detector (SMPD) chip that can work in extremely low-light conditions. The new technology basically obsoletes the need for flash photography, especially on mobile phones. The new chip can collect enough picture data from 1 lux (1 candle’s worth of light) environments to take a decent photograph or video clip – resulting from 2,000 times greater sensitivity to light! The Korean laboratory spent 11 billion won ($10.5 million USD) in research and development costs, but expects to recoup that cost to the tune of about 2 trillion won ($2.2 billion USD) every year.
It’s about time. We’re tired of lackluster performance from our camera phones!
via: dailytech
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
