UniPixel sees turnaround in later 2014

Touchscreen film maker UniPixel Inc. last year was talking about churning out a river of touchscreen film from Eastman Business Park by the end of 2013. Then that date moved to the end of March. And now those big volumes being made with assistance from Eastman Kodak Co. are expected to…

Posted on: February 28, 2014 4:01 pm

Photo-Sharing Social Network Flickr Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary

Flickr is celebrating a milestone that many popular services like LinkedIn, WordPress, and Facebook have marked recently: its 10th anniversary. The photo-sharing social network made its first appearance in the wild back in February 10, 2004 and has seen itself go through some highs and lows since that time. However, Now with…

Posted on: February 28, 2014 4:01 pm

Smartphone cameras step closer to DSLR cameras

AP Photo/Marce Martinez, FileA woman takes a picture with a Nokia Lumia 1520 phone as her friend smiles at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. The global wireless show that wraps in Barcelona on Thursday showed smartphone makers using software trickery to offset their camera Published: Thursday,…

Posted on: February 28, 2014 4:00 pm

Olympus Corporation Announces Plans To Discontinue Operations For Its …

HOPKINTON, Mass., Feb. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Olympus Corporation announced today that it plans to discontinue operations for its U.S. biotechnology division, Olympus Biotech. The company expects the entire closure process to take some time to complete and it will start with the Hopkinton, MA facility. Commercial operations and product availability…

Posted on: February 28, 2014 4:00 pm

Canon Introduces New Large Format Printer Series Offering Customers An …

MELVILLE, N.Y. Designed for the poster and infographics markets, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced the new SE Series imagePROGRAF large format solution lineup. Consisting of the six-color 44-inch iPF8400SE Printer and 24-inch iPF6400SE Printer, the SE Series offers a cost-effective easy-to-use solution for on-the-spot…

Posted on: February 28, 2014 11:00 am

NY state, Kodak cleanup plan gets OK from feds

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The federal government has approved a plan by New York state and Eastman Kodak to clean up the Genesee River and continue environmental work at a Rochester business park. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency has endorsed the August 2013 settlement between Cuomo…

Posted on: February 28, 2014 11:00 am

Konica Minolta Is the Proud Sponsor for the 10th Asian Financial Services …

SINGAPORE — (Marketwired) — 02/28/14 — Konica Minolta Business Solutions Asia is the proud sponsor for the 10th Asian Financial Services (AFS) Congress, which opened yesterday at Singapore’s Sands Expo and Convention Centre. The company is one of the Thought Leadership Partners for the two-day event, which will end today, Now…

Posted on: February 28, 2014 11:00 am

Canon Q&A: The future of EOS mirrorless and the challenges of on-sensor AF

Mr. Go TokuraGroup Executive,ICP Group 2,Image Communications Products Operations,Canon Inc. During the CP+ photography tradeshow in Japan, Imaging Resource publisher and editor-in-chief Dave Etchells met for interviews with executives from some of the best-known brands in the camera business. Since the show ended somewhat prematurely due to extreme…

Posted on: February 28, 2014 6:00 am

Point-and-Shoot Camera Does What Mars Rover Can’t

A tricked-out version of an off-the-shelf digital camera is able to identify, photograph, and even analyze patches of soil or rocks from afar and in extreme close-up, a feat that NASA’s latest Mars rover Curiosity has yet to accomplish. Researchers figured out how to take advantage of different lens adapters…

Posted on: February 28, 2014 6:00 am

The greatest underwater photographs from around the world

From a the wreck of a Japanese warplane to grinning great white sharks, these are just some of the thousands of entries in the largest underwater photography competition. Nearly 8,000 pictures were entered for the underwaterphotography.com competition with 17 categories from above water, to wrecks, sharks and even underwater fashion And…

Posted on: February 28, 2014 6:00 am