Remember Rambus? The company that developed RDRAM (Rambus DRAM). No? That’s not surprising; we haven’t heard much from them in the past decade since RDRAM stopped being Intel’s standard for memory. Well, apparently the company has been quite busy over the years, with RDRAM and its successor XDR DRAM, currently being used in PlayStation 2 and 3.
Lensless Smart Sensors
Tiny Rambus Lensless Camera Could be Added to Any Electronic Device
Rambus has developed a diffraction-based lensless imaging system that could be used in tiny sensors for the “Internet of Things”. Extremely small, thin and solid state, their Lensless Smart Sensor shifts the optics to occur through computational processing rather than relying on a lens and housing, dramatically reducing size and cost of the overall system.
Lensless, Pinpoint-Sized Camera Could Add Sight to Any Device
With no lens and capturing only a blur of light, a new type of camera developed by Rambus barely meets the definition of the word. But it’s so small and cheap to make that it could be included in just about any device.
A Microscopic Lens-Free Image Sensor Could Turn Anything Into a Camera
This tiny piece of glass may not look like much, but in fact its surface is cleverly etched to capture light, and it contains a small chip to process the incident light. Yep, it’s a tiny camera that could provide any object—however small—with the means of capturing images.
Lens-Free Camera Sees Things Differently
Patrick Gill is excited to show me a small, fuzzy-looking picture of the Mona Lisa, printed in black and white on a piece of paper. It’s not much to look at, literally, but it’s unmistakably her, with long dark hair and that mysterious smile.
Best of Mobile World Congress 2014
It’s the world’s largest event dedicated solely to mobile technology. Mobile World Congress brings together some of the biggest names in tech from around the globe to show off innovative, exciting and forward-thinking products. We joined the 72,000 other folks from 79 countries in Barcelona, slogging it out on the show floor to uncover the most compelling innovations. From futuristic fitness gear to the world’s smallest camera, these are the five most groundbreaking items from Mobile World Congress 2014.