Researchers at Panasonic’s imaging division have found a way to increase the sensitivity of digital camera sensors, which in turn equates to almost double the brightness in photos taken in low light conditions. But the discovery has nothing to do with the sensor itself; instead, the company’s improved the color processing filter placed in front of it. More »
Last November, Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Titan supercomputer was named the fastest in the world. But it turns out that a few tests were skipped along the way—and now too much gold on its motherboards means it can’t run at full tilt. More »
Samsung is just about to announce the Galaxy S IV but the same Chinese site that showed us in clear detail what the S IV will look like on the outside has decided to pry open the giant superphone and expose its innards too. We spy an 8-core processor, 13 megapixel camera and motion detector too. You can peep all the guts here. [IT168 via MIC Gadget via Verge] More »
The folks at iFixit just went all Saw on the newly available Kickstarter edition of the Pebble smartwatch. Despite its lack of screws, the gadget mechanics were able to pry the e-paper display watch open and check out its guts. More »
What’s lovely about this alphabet made from camera parts by London graphic design student Stefan Abrahams is that it organizes a camera’s beautiful internals as carefully as one should frame a picture. Each letter has a camera part, you can see the viewfinder as ‘D’ and the shutter curtain as ‘R’. More »
Reuters is reporting that Intel has been in rather unlikely discussions that could pave the way for the processor giant producing chips to Apple specifications. More »
The world is awash with tablets, but if you’re a nerd who likes to tinker, it’s important that you buy one that isn’t too tricky to take apart, repair and upgrade. Fortunately, iFixit has released a list which ranks tablets according to their repairability. More »
The frustration with devices like a hypothetical iWatch—or a completely imaginary roll-up tablet (maybe a Vaio or something?)—is that they’re made up of parts, and sometimes those parts don’t exist quite yet. Or, in the case of Corning’s brilliantly flexible Willow glass, they exist, but no one knows quite how to use them yet. More »
Augment reality has always been cool, but it’s never been too practical for extended use. Crazy processor demands chew up battery power and deliver a workable experience, but not one that can last. Metaio aims to but an end to that with the first ever dedicated augmented-reality chip, and it’s coming as soon as the end of this year. More »
We don’t know squat about what the PS4 will look like since it didn’t make an appearance at Sony’s two-hour long press event last night, but we’ve learned a lot about what it’ll be like when it finally shows up. And now, we know it’s going to have AMD innards. More »
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