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Home → Blog → Look Ma, No Light!

Look Ma, No Light!

Posted on January 21, 2007 by Lynn Charles Rathbun

Maybe you’ve heard a lot about nanotechnology in the news but haven’t actually seen any products available in the market. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Planet82 displayed new prototype cameras called the “Nano-Cam”.

What is a Nano-Cam? Well, Planet82 used nanotechnology to produce imaging sensors that could give cameras “nightvision”. The images aren’t crystal clear, but they can spot just about anything in the dark.

One possible application of Planet82’s technology is to spot children or pets that may be behind your car in a pitch black driveway.

Source: See in the dark with nanotechnology

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