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We’ve all been enjoying the benefits of AMOLED displays for several years now — high contrast ratios, wide viewing angles and vivid colors — so it was only a matter of time until organic films ended up in image sensors. Fujifilm and Panasonic have been working on organic CMOS image sensors and just showed the results of their collaboration at the 2013 Symposium on VLSI Technology in Kyoto. By replacing the traditional silicon photodiode with an organic photoelectric conversion layer, researchers have created image sensors with a dynamic range of 88dB (the industry’s highest), a 1.2-fold increase in sensitivity (compared to traditional designs) and a 60-degree range of incident light (vs. 30-40 degrees, typically). What does this mean in practice? Less clipping in bright scenes, better low-light performance and richer colors and textures. The companies plan to promote these new organic CMOS image sensors for use in a wide range of imaging applications, including next generation cameras and phones. We can’t wait!

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We were more than a little smitten with Sony’s original RX100, a high-end Cybershot point-and-shoot housing a notable 1-inch 20.2-megapxiel CMOS sensor alongside a f/1.8 Carl Zeiss lens. It looks like there were enough customers that thought the same, because SonyAlphaRumors has gleaned several images from the manual for a sequel device. The site has more to share, but it’s checking its translations first. In the meantime, these initial images already point to some notable hardware additions. Alongside a screen that can tilt up and down (plus a light sensor to adjust brightness automatically), the mark two RX100 will apparently catch up with Sony’s NEX series, adding built-in WiFi too. There’s also the addition of a hot shoe for mics and other peripherals, but fear not: there’s still the built-in flash to the left of it. Naming, pricing and availability are still unknowns, but according to the site’s mole, the camera will get formally announced later this month on June 27.

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Source: Sony Alpha Rumors

We saw these interesting Sushi Transformers from Takara Tomy Arts at the International Tokyo Toy Show 2013.

It’s called the Osushi Sentai “Syarider”(“Syari” means “sushi rice” and “der (da)” means “is”) – “It is the sushi rice sushi ranger”…

They are a team of fighters facing risks to the sushi world and they consist of Tamago (egg), Ebi (shrimp), Toro (Tuna’s fatty part), Salmon, and Saba (mackerel).

Press the back of the sushi, and they will transform from Sushi Mode to Hero Mode.

Of course, there are peace-threatening bad characters as well. The top of the team is Anago (a kind of eel), executive member is Ikura (salmon roe), and other combatants Kappa-maki (cucumber roll), Natto-maki (natto roll), and Tekka-maki (tuna-roll).

The release day is TBD. It won’t be for a while yet.

Microsoft makes fun of Apple’s iPad in new Dell XPS 10 ad.

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One often hears partisans refer to U.S. credibility as something that must be preserved, even treated as a vital interest, something worth fighting for. But there are competing theories on the source of credibility. The two most prominent theories are Current Calculus and Past Actions theories.

• Current Calculus theory concludes that the credibility of a state’s threat is the product of the state’s power to carry out the threat and the state’s interest involved in the current context.

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