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- Logitech unveils seven new webcams; HD, Zeiss optics, $29-$99
- On the heels of the announcement of Vid, streamlined videoconferencing software, Logitech on Wednesday unveiled seven new webcams. The new webcams, designed to work with Vid of course, are the following: Logitech Webcam Pro 9000 ...
- Tags: Optics, Webcam, Logitech, Logitech Webcam C200, Logitech Portable Webcam C905, Logitech Webcam C500, Logitech Webcam C250, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-07-29
- Spot 1.2 (Mac)
- Spot is a Cocoa application that draws the spot diagrams for newtonian telescope mirrors using random points. It can be of use as a demonstration of simple geometrical optics in the classroom or as a tool for understanding the concept of focus in the newtonian.
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Optics, Paul Peters, Productivity
- Software downloads 2008-04-14
- Silicon chips for optical quantum computing
- UK researchers at Bristol University have shown that it is possible to control single photons on a silicon chip. The team developed 'the world's smallest optical controlled-NOT gate -- the building block of a quantum computer.' As said the lead researcher, 'This is a crucial step towards a future optical...
- Tags: Optics, Abstract, Silicon Chip, Computing, Quantum Corp., Chip, Quantum Computing, Quantum Computer, Quantum Technology, Quantum Circuit, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-03-30
- Zoom liquid lenses for digital cameras
- Researchers at the University of Central Florida UCF have developed zoom lenses which closely replicate the working of the human eye. These adaptive lenses should be manufactured at a dramatically smaller size than conventional zoom lenses without compromising clarity. After being granted no less than 5 U.S. patents, the UCF...
- Tags: Leisure, Engineering &, Innovation
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- Physics Formulas and Tables - FREE Laws of Science and Weights and Measures chapters in the trial (Mobile)
- An essential reference guide for Physics and Engineering students. You will use it from college to graduate school and beyond. FREE Laws of Science and Weights and Measures in the trial version.Features Clear and concise explanations Difficult concepts are explained in simple terms Illustrated with graphs and diagrams Includes: Laws...
- Tags: Optics, Mobile, Biology, Thermodynamics, Physics Formula, Law
- Software downloads 2007-06-20
- Physics Quick Study Guide - FREE Laws of Science and Weights and Measures in the trial version. (Mobile)
- Boost Your grades with this illustrated quick-study guide. You will use it from college to graduate school and beyond. FREE two chapters in the trial version.Features Clear and concise explanations Difficult concepts are explained in simple terms Illustrated with graphs and diagrams Laws of Science Classical Mechanics Heat, Gas, and...
- Tags: Optics, Mobile, Biology, Thermodynamics, Law
- Software downloads 2007-05-31
- Pogue exposes the digital cam megapixel scam as a "big fat lie" and he's right
- Pogue exposes the digital cam megapixel scam as a "big fat lie" and he's rightActually, RTFM doesn't workI have several digital camera manuals here and they're all terrible. They're perfect at telling you how to set the camera to the different megapixel settings as well as adjust every other setting....
- Tags: Digital cameras, Pogue, optics, Fine Manual, camera, digital camera, CPU
- Discussion threads 2007-02-08
- More megapixels, better photos: Fact or fiction?
- More megapixels, better photos: Fact or fiction?I upgraded KODAK cameras and found lower qualityI have owned several KODAK cameras, a 1 megapixel, 2 megapixel, and currently a 4 megapixel. Sadly, the DX6490 I purchased seemed to offer 4 megapixels of detail, and then used a compression engine that to...
- Tags: DSLR, optics, camera, Canon Inc., megapixel, pixel, sensor, photograph, image
- Discussion threads 2007-02-06
- Phillips Plastics' Focus on Innovation and Time-to-Market Enable Rapid Development of Sleek, Patented Chemical Splash Goggles
- Phillips Plastics wanted to design ultramodern chemical safety goggles to customer's criteria for style, fit, assembly and ventilation and meet delivery target. Concept sketches of the goggles were drawn by hand and then imported into NX. The customer had supplied Phillips with a physical model of a human head, so...
- Tags: Innovation, Optics, Siemens AG, Modeling, Phillips Plastics, Research & Development, Business Operations
- Case studies 2007-01-01
- ABCD for OS X 1.2 (Mac)
- ABCD Gaussian Beam Propagation Software allows you to propagate laser beams through standard optical elements (free space, dielectric, thin lens, curvedmirror). It can be used as a research tool for people working in optics labs and might be useful as a teaching aid for an undergraduate-level entry course inmodern optics.
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Optics, Apple Mac OS X, Daniel Cote, ABCD Gaussian Beam Propagation Software
- Software downloads 2000-10-20
- ABCD 1.2 (Mac)
- ABCD Gaussian Beam Propagation Software allows you to propagate laser beams through standard optical elements (free space, dielectric, thin lens, curvedmirror). It can be used as a research tool for people working in optics labs and might be useful as a teaching aid for an undergraduate-level entry course inmodern optics.
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Optics, Daniel Cote, ABCD Gaussian Beam Propagation Software
- Software downloads 2000-10-19
- YP Image 1.0.1 (Mac)
- YP Image is designed to assist teachers and students when they study imageformation by mirrors and thin lenses geometrical optics. It computes thelocation and magnification of the image formed by a spherical mirror or athin lens, and draws a ray diagram on the screen. The diagram may beprinted, copied to...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Optics, Yves Pelletier, YP Image
- Software downloads 2000-05-24
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- DxO Optics Pro 6.0 (Mac)
- DxO Optics Pro is a multi-award winning program running on Windows or Macintosh to automatically improve image quality. Based on extensive analysis of cameras and lenses, DxO Optics Pro is unlike any other digital photography software application. Designed for advanced amateur and professional photographers, DxO Optics Pro is a "must...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, DxO Labs, DxO Optics Pro, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-11-03
- Headline 2010: e-Reader device failure
- There might be some bargains to be had in the wreckage ntntDoesn't change the fact the wreck's comingjust a matter of keeping perspective. The way of all new marketsThis is the way of all new markets. It happened with fiber optics, the dot.coms, MP3 players, smart phones, and it...
- Tags: Digital music, E-books, Digital media, e-reader, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Physics 101 SE 7.5.1 (Mac)
- The perfect solution for physics students and teachers everywhere, Physics 101 SE is the premier tool for physics, allowing you to focus on physics and not mathematical busywork. With its ability to instantly solve for almost any variable in over 150+ list of formulas of the most commonly used physics...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Formula, Physics, Praeter Software, Productivity
- Software downloads 2009-10-18
- Are you a mobile broadband hog? Should that be your problem?
- Well, if I am a light user, I DO NOT want to pay for the hogs that drive upcosts for the carriers. I want a dirt cheap plan, that will immediately throttle me if I start hogging, or, possibly give me the option to pay more if I want to...
- Tags: Smart phones, Wireless and Mobility, Network technology, Apple iPhone, mobile broadband, AT&T Corp., broadband, mobile, UNLIMITED
- Discussion threads 2009-10-07
- Gunnar Optiks Legend eyeglasses reduce eye fatigue; $79
- This is not a review, it's a press releaseNot a single line of your review provides anything beyond basic product statistics and parroting of this company's fakey-sounding terminology, for example the "polymer in a 'neoscopic' geometry." Ooh. That must mean something important. Consider my critique as a proprietary "multi-angular tatterization"....
- Tags: Monitors & displays, ToyBox blog, Gunnar Optiks Legend
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Poll: What kind of camera equipment do you need when traveling?
- Travel CamerasI carry DLSRs for vacation memories and a small point and shoot for when I don't want attention drawn to myself.RE: Poll: What kind of camera equipment do you need when traveling?I have a 'bridge' camera - smaller than a DSLR, larger than a 'point and shoot'. It's a...
- Tags: camera, camera equipment, DSLR
- Discussion threads 2009-09-28
- Poll: Has your camera phone replaced your regular pocket camera?
- As stated in the blog camera phones are OK in a pinch.I don't regularly carry my P&S camera with me. If I know I'm going somewhere where I might want to take pictures than I grab the P&S. And if I have something I'm specifically going out to shoot then...
- Tags: Camera phones, P&S, camera, camera phone, phone
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- How an open source camera will change photography
- Hobbist gimmicIt's funny how open source always comes down to that annoying little detail called hardware.How nice when someone invests a couple million to start making a new toy for him to play with.Honestly, this is a non-starter. 99% of photographic needs are met with a commercial camera in conjuction...
- Tags: cell phone camera, camera, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-09-04
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