Technology : Photography
Researchers try Google photo tactic
In one technique, called Photo Clip Art, the computer plucks images of people from a database, selecting only appropriate ones based on image parameters such as lighting. In the other, called Scene Completion, the computer can patch over unsightly elements in a photo by finding appropriate substitute material from a database of 2.3 million pictures stored at the Flickr photo-sharing site. "We're trying to match the properties of the input photo with all the objects of our collection," said Alexei A. Efros, an assistant professor of computer science and robotics at CMU. But the researchers are doing so without the computer actually having to understand the photo's content, geometry, or other aspects.
Jul 12, 2007, 13:02

Technology : Photography
Motion DSP
A start-up company by the name of Motion DSP has come up with a method for turning low resolution, barely viewable videos from camera phones and the like into a high quality, high resolution cinematic tour de force (or close to it).
Sep 1, 2006, 09:33

Technology : Photography
Startup Tackles Challenge of Photo Sharing
Presto Services Inc., a Mountain View-based startup, plans to announce details Tuesday of a service that allows baby boomers and their parents to stay digitally connected without both needing a computer. Instead, the less-tech savvy recipient would only need a special inkjet printer designed to receive and print out the sender's e-mails of text or photos — similar to a fax machine. The printer would have to be hooked up to a phone line but wouldn't need a special Internet connection. It only receives e-mail and cannot send anything back. Hewlett-Packard Co. is developing the printer, dubbed the "Printing Mailbox."
May 23, 2006, 10:36

Technology : Photography
Micron to Unveil 8-Megapixel Image Chip
Chip-maker Micron Technology Inc. to unveil a thumbnail-sized digital sensor that enables pocket-sized cameras and cell phones to capture bursts of 10 high-quality photos in a single second or even high-definition video. Production of the new 8-megapixel digital image sensor is expected to begin early next year at Micron's fabrication plants in Idaho and Italy, the Boise-based company said.
May 18, 2006, 10:22