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Let there be light: Camera hooked up for Hubble
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A pair of spacewalking astronauts overpowered a stubborn bolt and successfully installed a new piano-sized camera in the Hubble Space Telescope on Thursday, the first step to making the observatory better than ever.
Nations:U.S. Activities:Hubble Space Telescope Mission Source:(AP)
2009-05-15
Leica grabs bragging rights with `fastest' lens
NEW YORK - Before camera manufacturers one-upped each other with the number of megapixels, they one-upped each other with the zoom range of their lenses. And before that, in the 1960s, the "speed" of the lens, its ability to gather light, was the big selling point.
Nations:Germany Japan Source:(AP)
2008-09-18
Britain makes camera that "sees" under clothes
A British company has developed a camera that can detect weapons, drugs or explosives hidden under people's clothes from up to 25 meters away in what could be a breakthrough for the security industry.
Nations:U.K.
2008-03-10
Pill-sized camera can be swallowed
Technology that doctors expect will help detect precancerous cells faster and less painfully also could someday take cameras to parts of the body where no camera has gone before.
2008-02-07
Kodak offers improved camera chip
Eastman Kodak Co. said Monday it has developed an image sensor that greatly improves the quality of pictures and video captured by camera phones.
2008-02-04
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