Archive for February 9th, 2012
Revolutionary Seawolf Chip Extends Pixims Reach into Broad Security Camera Market
Mountain View, CA (PRWEB) August 4, 2010
Pixim Inc., a leading provider of imaging technology for enterprise security cameras, introduced its Seawolf chip today, the worlds first single-chip, enterprise video camera solution. For the first time, security camera manufacturers will be able to use a single, digital chip, rather than more complicated mixed-signal, multi-chip sets to develop new cameras for all lighting conditions. The Seawolf chip provides 10 times the low-light performance of previous generation security camera chip sets as well as the industrys proven greatest wide dynamic range (WDR) and accurate color performance at half the hardware build cost.
Boasting 690 HTVL effective, Seawolf delivers the highest usable resolution to the CCTV end user. Traditional, analog CCD-based cameras lose much of their resolution when the video is recorded and reviewed. However, due to Seawolfs high total resolution (horizontal times vertical), its high quality color images are preserved by commonly used DVRs and displays.
The Seawolf chip is also ideal for IP cameras. Users of IP cameras will benefit from Seawolfs global electronic shutter, progressive scan image capture, and full D1 resolution at 30 frames per second.
Single board camera modules based on the Seawolf chip make it easier for manufacturers to develop compact camera formats, a rapidly growing market segment. Seawolf-based cameras will offer true all-lighting capability, meeting the most demanding image quality expectations across the largest market segments within the broad video security industry, including retail, banking, gaming, education, transit, commercial, and industrial applications.
Its gratifying to be able to release a new product that gives our camera partners significantly improved performance while reducing their cost, says John Monti, Pixims vice president of marketing and business development. With Seawolf, Pixim-powered cameras will compete in the market place at unprecedented price points with low-light, high-resolution, and wide dynamic range capabilities making them the best mainstream cameras available.
Pixims Seawolf solution proved itself during our testing, says Dieter Dallmeier, founder and president of Dallmeier electronic. We are continuing our analyses, but based on our initial tests, we will soon be producing outstanding low-light and high-resolution cameras using this chip.
Seawolf supports our focus on providing the highest quality IP cameras to our customers, says Fabrizio Colciago, chief technology officer for March Networks. It will enable us to expand our portfolio further with cameras that offer superior performance in a variety of difficult lighting applications.
During testing, Seawolf performed well and the images looked great, says Tom Cashman, general manager of UTCs video products group. We are planning on implementing it in the near future.
The security market in the UK is always hungry for the newest technology, says Steve Baker, managing director of Genie CCTV. By adding a full-line of Seawolf-based cameras, we will be providing the latest in security camera technology for our customers. They will benefit from cameras that will work in any lighting conditionfrom lowlight to varied to constantright out of the box.
Our vision has always been to create superior camera solutions for our customers says Craig Scott, CEO of OVii, an OEM/ODM company that specializes in imaging solutions for its global customers. We see Seawolf as the means to incorporate the four core innovation principles of better, faster, easier, and more affordable into our OVii Eagle product line offering our CCTV customers the best combination of price/performance.
About Pixim
Pixim Inc. has developed unique imaging technology that revolutionizes the way video cameras capture and process images. Unlike traditional image capture technologies, where each pixel cannot adjust to highlights and lowlights in the same scene, Pixim’s patented Digital Pixel System
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Saturns rings
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Rain drops on the windscreen of the car. Probably more like inner space than outer space!
A Saturn-like ring system eclipsing a sun-like star
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Stocktrek Images Unveils the Celestial Wonders of Northern Lights Photography
Orlando, FL (PRWEB) January 25, 2012
Stocktrek Images has put together a new collection of dynamic images showcasing the Northern Lights, a natural phenomenon otherwise known as the Aurora Borealis. Stocktrek Images is a specialty online stock photography agency that specializes in space exploration, military, dinosaurs, volcanic activity and underwater images. The company is pleased to offer photos of Northern Lights to its clients due to the spectacular nature of the phenomenon and the many requests it has received for aurora photos.
Ryan Rossotto, Stocktrek Images president, said of the new collection that, We are extremely excited to have these Northern Lights pictures readily available to our customers. Our professional weather photographers from around the world have captured the remarkable beauty of these light displays in superb high resolution photographs that are second to none. Rossotto went on to state that all of the aurora pictures are royalty free and is accepting submissions from new photographers.
The Northern Lights are especially popular with customers due to the sheer beauty presented by this natural display of lights. The dazzling lights dance in the night sky in shades of green, reds, blues and even violet. The lights take many forms and occur naturally near the magnetic poles. Often, people living in the northern areas of the Northern Hemisphere are treated to periodic displays. The Northern Lights are produced by electrically charged particles discharged from the sun that enter the Earths atmosphere and light up the sky.
Alternatively, in the Southern Hemisphere, the Aurora Australis (Southern Lights) is often just as spectacular as the Northern lights. Stocktrek Images will also be offering photos of the Aurora Australis for a different perspective on the lights.
Stocktrek Images carries a wide array of both space and weather imagery that will be of interest to clients that have an interest in the auroras. Some of those photos include telescopic space photos, hurricanes, lightning and natural disasters. Customers are invited to peruse the various offerings by browsing Stocktreks various galleries available at http://www.stocktrekimages.com.
Clients interested in Stocktrek Images various offerings are also invited to check out both its Facebook page and Twitter feed. Up to date reminders, new photo announcements and great deals can be found on these social media platforms.
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About the Company: Stocktrek Images is a stock photography agency specializing in images of military forces, space exploration, dinosaurs, volcanic activity and underwater photography. In addition to licensing royalty free and rights managed stock photos and illustration, Stocktrek also provides customers with the capability to purchase any images as a print or poster. It offers many different types of wall d
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Check out these Mars exploration images:
“Facing Mars” Exhibit, The Health Museum, Houston, Texas 2009.07.09
Image by fossilmike
010. Mars Exploration Rover
Mars Exploration Rover
Image by Bernt Rostad
On display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex: A full scale model of a Mars Exploration Rover built entirely in lego by the LEGO company in 2002!
The model weighs 130 kg while the original is a bit heavier, at 185 kg. It took 650 man hours to assemble the 90 thousand lego pieces into this Mars Exploration Rover.
The real Mars Exploration Rovers, the twin vehicles Opportunity and Spirit, landed on Mars in January 2004 to great international attention.
Mars Exploration Rover, fully functional model
Image by Ben Ramsey
This was a fully functional test model of the Mars Exploration Rovers (Spirit and Odyssey). The only piece it lacked were the solar panels, which were an unnecessary expense since all the tests on this were performed indoors. The two rovers had 90 day missions because the scientists thought the Martian dust would completely cover the solar panels over time, rendering them useless, but they have far exceeded their expectations, functioning and continuing their experiments for well over two years.
During the Art & Logic annual meeting, we took at tour of JPL.
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