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  Engineering researchers produce breakthrough for photography Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 21:10 -0500
    Re: Engineering researchers produce breakthrough for photography benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-09-30 00:15 -0400
    Re: Engineering researchers produce breakthrough for photography jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-30 05:11 +0000

#523880 — Engineering researchers produce breakthrough for photography

Engineering researchers produce breakthrough for photography
> http://phys.org/news/2015-09-breakthrough-photography.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter


> A revolutionary breakthrough is underway at Dartmouth's Thayer School
> of Engineering, an innovation that may usher in the next generation
> of light sensing technology with potential applications in scientific
> research and cellphone photography.
>
> Thayer professor Eric Fossum—the engineer and physicist who invented
> the CMOS image sensor used in nearly all cellphone and digital
> cameras, webcams, medical imaging and other applications—joined with
> Thayer PhD candidate Jiaju Ma in developing pixels for the new Quanta
> Image Sensor (QIS).
>
> The professor and student, who have worked on the project for more
> than three years, are co-inventors of the new pixel and co-authors of
> a paper on their invention in IEEE Electron Devices Letters.
>
> Their new sensor has the capability to significantly enhance
> low-light sensitivity. This is particularly important in applications
> such as "security cameras, astronomy, or life science imaging (like
> seeing how cells react under a microscope), where there's only just a
> few photons," says Fossum.
>
> "Light consists of photons, little bullets of light that activate our
> neurons and make us see light," says Fossum. "The photons go into the
> semiconductor [the sensor chip] and break the chemical bonds between
> silicon atoms and, when they break the bond, an electron is released.
> Almost every photon that comes in, makes one electron free inside the
> silicon crystal. The brighter the light, the more electrons are
> released."


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On 09/29/2015 10:10 PM, Sam Wormley wrote:
> Engineering researchers produce breakthrough for photography
>> http://phys.org/news/2015-09-breakthrough-photography.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
>>
>
>
>> A revolutionary breakthrough is underway at Dartmouth's Thayer School
>> of Engineering, an innovation that may usher in the next generation
>> of light sensing technology with potential applications in scientific
>> research and cellphone photography.
>>
>> Thayer professor Eric Fossum—the engineer and physicist who invented
>> the CMOS image sensor used in nearly all cellphone and digital
>> cameras, webcams, medical imaging and other applications—joined with
>> Thayer PhD candidate Jiaju Ma in developing pixels for the new Quanta
>> Image Sensor (QIS).
>>
>> The professor and student, who have worked on the project for more
>> than three years, are co-inventors of the new pixel and co-authors of
>> a paper on their invention in IEEE Electron Devices Letters.
>>
>> Their new sensor has the capability to significantly enhance
>> low-light sensitivity. This is particularly important in applications
>> such as "security cameras, astronomy, or life science imaging (like
>> seeing how cells react under a microscope), where there's only just a
>> few photons," says Fossum.
>>
>> "Light consists of photons, little bullets of light that activate our
>> neurons and make us see light," says Fossum. "The photons go into the
>> semiconductor [the sensor chip] and break the chemical bonds between
>> silicon atoms and, when they break the bond, an electron is released.
>> Almost every photon that comes in, makes one electron free inside the
>> silicon crystal. The brighter the light, the more electrons are
>> released."

Great "breakthrough" Sammy. Instead of light just moving electrons to 
the conduction band now they break chemical bonds. Swell. So after your 
sensor detects enough light it ends up chemically changed and worn out! 
Great thinking Sammy. Just what the world needs: more trash to throw 
into the ocean while you greenies scream about non-existent "warming".



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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Engineering researchers produce breakthrough for photography

>> "Light consists of photons, little bullets of light

Childish twaddle, spamming shit head.


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