New quantum dot sensor to revolutionize digital imaging?

[alfredo]

Cheaper and better sensors on the way?

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1003/10032201quantumfilm.asp

Technology developer InVisage Technologies has announced sensors it says can offer four times better performance than conventional CCD and CMOS sensors. The company's 'QuantumFilm' technology uses the unique electronic behavior of quantum dots (precisely-sized nano-scale crystals trapped in a polymer film) to replace conventional silicon photodiodes. The company says the quantum dots themselves are twice as sensitive to light as conventional photodiodes and that their placement on the sensor surface offers a further doubling of sensitivity over front-illuminated CMOS designs. The film can be positioned on conventional circuitry, allowing the chips to be produced more cheaply than CMOS or CCD designs. The first application will be in mobile phones sensors later this year.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. of course they are

is this IT?

who knows? this time last year it was something else

[alfredo]

2. Can't afford it anyway

[JeffR]

3. Now if they can only come up with a sensor that will make

my photography four times better.

[HappyCynic]

4. If they do...

I'll need a sensor that makes my photography fourteen times better to even think about keeping up.

[alfredo]

5. I want one that will make animals stand still and let me

photograph them.