Panasonic Corp. says that it has developed  a technology to increase the sensitivity of image  sensors such as CCD  or CMOS by replacing the near-universal colour filter array with its newly-developed prism-like “Micro Color Splitters”to generate colour information. The new colour- splitter technology directs all the incoming light to the sensor, instead of allowing half of … [Read more...]

Sony Corp. announced that its first nine-month (April-December) results for fiscal 2012/13 rose 3.6% year-on-year to 5,067 billion yen (US$56.3  B) and profit in operation turned black to 82.95 billion yen (US$921.6 M) from previous loss of 65.86 billion  yen. The company posted a pre-tax profit of 58.5 billion yen, but net profit after tax remained in red-50.8 billion yen … [Read more...]

1st Prize General News SingleRodrigo Abd, Argentina, The Associated Press10 March 2012, Idib, SyriaAida cries while recovering from severe injuries she received when her house was shelled by the Syrian Army.Her husband and two children were fatally wounded during the shelling. 1st Prize Contemporary Issues SingleMicah Albert, USA, Redux Images03 April 2012, Nairobi, … [Read more...]

1st Prize General News SingleRodrigo Abd, Argentina, The Associated Press10 March 2012, Idib, SyriaAida cries while recovering from severe injuries she received when her house was shelled by the Syrian Army.Her husband and two children were fatally wounded during the shelling. 1st Prize Contemporary Issues SingleMicah Albert, USA, Redux Images03 April 2012, Nairobi, … [Read more...]

1st Prize General News SingleRodrigo Abd, Argentina, The Associated Press10 March 2012, Idib, SyriaAida cries while recovering from severe injuries she received when her house was shelled by the Syrian Army.Her husband and two children were fatally wounded during the shelling. 1st Prize Contemporary Issues SingleMicah Albert, USA, Redux Images03 April 2012, Nairobi, … [Read more...]