The world's biggest maker of photographic film says its proprietary sensor technology significantly increases sensitivity to light. Image sensors act as a digital camera's eyes by converting light into an electric charge to begin the capture process.
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Kodak's new proprietary technology adds "clear" pixels to the red, green, and blue elements that form the image sensor array, collecting a higher proportion of the light striking the sensor.

Manufacturing customers interested in the design will likely get a chance to sample it in early 2008, but Kodak's McNiffe was unsure when devices using the technology would be in stores. The technology could be used at first in devices such as cell phones and eventually products made for industrial and scientific imaging.

Kodak says camera sensor may eliminate flash [Yahoo!]
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The mom called the manufacturer to ask if they knew why she was viewing the space station. They didn't. According to the mom, the CSR at the baby monitor company told her that she "really shouldn't be seeing anything past 150 feet."

Creepy. Sounds like the beginning of a Steven Spielberg movie back when his movies were still good.—MEGHANN MARCO

Baby Monitor Picks Up NASA Signal of Space Station [MyFoxChicago]