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‘I did not foresee at all the social-media application, nor its impact on society': Inventor of the CMOS-based image sensor on how a technology designed to take photos in space has changed the way we view the world
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (277+ words) The camera-on-a-chip changed the way we view the world But the history of the CMOS can be traced back to NASA’s desire to install small, low-powered cameras capable of capturing high-resolution imagery on interplanetary spacecraft. CMOS image sensors improved further…...
M. Emre Celebi named editor-in-chief of the SPIE-IS&T co-published Journal of Electronic Imaging
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (122+ words) Credit: SPIE & M. Emre Celebi "The Journal of Electronic Imaging has a long, distinguished history spanning three and a half decades,” says Celebi. “I look forward to leading this journal and further enhancing its integrity, quality, scientific impact, and efficiency." Co-published…...
Why We Abandoned Satellite Imagery for an On-Device Procedural Sky
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (624+ words) I spent the first phase of my Shipaton build getting a weather satellite pipeline to work. It worked. Then I looked at what it produced and cut it from the core of the app. Amana is an iOS app with…...
Mercury 2.5 vs Gemini Diffusion: 10x Faster Diffusion LLM
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (774+ words) Speed claims from a vendor’s own blog post are a starting point, not a verdict, so this section leans on independent measurement wherever it exists. Search and retrieval agents. Search agents that summarize multiple retrieved documents on every query benefit…...
Astronergy showcases its 760 W ASTRO N8 Pro to Intersolar South America
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (123+ words) Solarbytes Power across the range runs from 655 W to 760 W Top of it is the ASTRO N8 Pro, rated 760 W at 24.5% efficiency and aimed at utility-scale work Its N7 Pro sibling reaches 670 W and up to 24.8%, carrying 85% bifaciality and a temperature coefficient…...
GPT Image 2.5: Flare and Sunburst Specs, Pricing, and Quality Compared
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (1231+ words) GPT Image 2.5 is the successor to GPT Image 2 (also called Images 2.0), which launched on April 21, 2026, and quickly rose to number one on both the text-to-image and image-edit Arena leaderboards. OpenAI announced Images 2.5 alongside two dedicated API models and a suite…...
The BR-X5 Meteorite watch is older than the Earth Itself
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (296+ words) Limited to 250 pieces, the BR-X5 Meteorite offers collectors a chance to own a piece of space. Here is a watch with a dial cut not from brass or steel, but from a fragment of outer space itself. The Meteorite marks…...
Interstellar Arc has closed at Area15 after less than a year
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (195+ words) Interstellar Arc’s interplanetary missions have come to an abrupt halt. The immersive virtual reality experience opened to much fanfare in October as one of the anchors of Area15’s new Zone 2. The attraction simulated the 11-light-year journey from Earth to Arcadia…...
Blue Giant: Bit-Accurate Novation Supernova II
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (171+ words) We are The Usual Suspects, a dedicated group of people who are currently Reverse Engineering and Emulating various DSP processors that have been used in the design and implementation of digital musical instruments and effects processors over the years. We…...
The Usual Suspects Blue Giant: the Novation Supernova II simulator - now in beta
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (577+ words) The Usual Suspects Blue Giant: the long-awaited Novation Supernova II polyphonic Synthesizer simulator is now in beta. ROM simulators are very popular, not only in gaming but also in the Synthesizer world. The Usual Suspects is working on several projects....