Kodak and Lexar Join Forces
Kodak High Performance memory cards (initially available in SD format), offered by Lexar, are ideal for high-speed processing and rapid-fire still shooting.

Revolutionary new chip delivers better pictures for less power
Two professors at the University of Rochester in New York have designed a prototype CMOS chip that uses a fraction of the energy used today, captures better images and can run for years on a single battery.

Kodak launches high resolution CCDs with 39 megapixels. The new sensor will be used in upcoming digital backs.

Two technologies, cable modems and Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), currently dominate the industry. Both are not fast enough to support digital television and Video-on-Demand.  However, another DSL technology known as very high bit-rate DSL (VDSL) is able to provide an incredible amount of bandwidth, with speeds up to about 52 megabits per second (Mbps).

Quantum computers, which tap the properties of particles like atoms, photons and electrons to carry out computations, could potentially use a variety of schemes: individual photons controlled by optical networks, clouds of atoms linked by laser beams, and electrons trapped in quantum dots embedded in silicon chips.

Serial ATA II specs define up to 3Gbps (300MB/s) throughput that doubles the performance of the previous standard version.

When light rays pass through normal optical glass, the red and blue light rays bend at slightly different angles. This dispersion results in colour fringing and lack of sharpness.  Modern techniques to correct this chromatic aberration are effective with normal and wideangle lenses. But telescopic lenses magnify the slight variation in focus between red and blue light rays. So Nikon developed ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass which is especially designed to provide precise optical colour correction. The result ? Brighter, clearer viewing with remarkable resolution.