Matterport has announced the new Pro3 camera system along with updates to its “digital twin” cloud platform. The Pro3 stands out as it is capable of digitizing every aspect of a physical environment, both inside and outside.
Matterport camera systems are used to create 3D digital copies of physical spaces and are extremely useful for real-estate applications to create immersive…
Revisiting the D1, Nikon’s First DSLR, 23 Years Later
August 30, 2022
Photographer Gordon Laing is back with a new edition of Dino Bytes, the series where he revisits classic cameras from decades past. This time he’s dusting off the 23-year-old Nikon D1, the company’s first DSLR.
The Nikon D1 was first introduced in 1999 and…
France is estimated to have about 3.2 million private swimming pools, but many of them are unregistered. Authorities are using satellite photos and AI to find them to recover about €10 million in unpaid taxes.
The system has been developed by Google and French…
Chroma Cameras, a company that has been a maker of unique large format field cameras and accessories since 2018, has announced its first lens: a super compact 24mm f/11 lens for 35mm Leica screw-mount cameras.
According to the report from Kosmo Foto, the new full-frame lens from Chroma Cameras (temporarily named “Glass”) is built with double-coated glass elements that exhibit minimal…
3D-printed adapter lets you use Nikon F-mount lenses on Apple’s 1996 QuickTake camera
August 30, 2022
Although better known for its computers, MP3 players and smartphones, Apple was also a pioneer in the digital photography space. Apple’s first digital camera, the QuickTake 100, was released in 1994 in partnership with Kodak. The binocular-like camera captured 640 x…
Tamron has announced it’s developing a 70–300mm F4.5–6.3 Di III RXD lens for Nikon Z-mount camera systems. This would make it the first third-party zoom lens for Nikon Z-mount cameras with autofocus capabilities.
Based on the external design and the specifications that…
It seems Google may have plans to offer “higher quality” support for Bluetooth LE Audio on the Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, and Pixel 7a.
With Android 13, the mobile operating system gained initial support for the recently finalized “Bluetooth LE Audio” standard. The standard actually consists of a handful of major innovations, which may take time for Android to fully support.
For example…
Samsung is deep into development on Android 13, and now a second device is eligible to test out the beta software. Starting today, Samsung has launched the One UI 5.0 beta for the Galaxy S21 series, giving the 2021 release an early preview of Android 13.
Over the past…
Galaxy Z Fold 4 holds up to dust in torture test, but nothing has changed from older models [Video]
August 30, 2022
Foldable smartphones have come a long way since launch, but even Samsung’s latest and greatest ship with a huge list of warnings for how you should treat the device. In a torture test putting the Galaxy Z Fold 4 through the worst of the worst, it holds up well to dust and…
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Today’s demand for real-time data analytics at the edge marks the dawn of a new era in machine learning (ML): edge intelligence. That need for time-sensitive data is, in turn, fueling a massive AI chip market, as companies look to provide ML models at the edge that have…
