New Imaging Chip made from Solar Cell Research
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From WIRED blognetwork:
“Graduate student Hsiang-Yu Chen was working on a new formula for solar cells when something went wrong. Instead of creating electricity when hit with light, the conductivity of the material she was working with changed.”
“Thanks to this lucky mistake, a new breed of camera sensors that are cheaper, higher-resolution and have lower distortion could be on the horizon. Click through the gallery to learn how this new breakthrough works and tour the labs where the magic happens.”
Full Article:
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2008/12/gallery_photodetector
-Andrew Burke