It uses a vehicle-mounted camera, object-recognition software and satellite positioning to create detailed 3-D maps of roads, pinpointing features such as pot-holes.

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Hubble's historic view is actually a combination of two separate images taken by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and its Near Infrared Camera and Multi-object Spectrometer (Nicmos).

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The Hitachi system uses a digital video camera to film reflections from mirrors surrounding an object.

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Samsung's Advanced Panorama shot with Object Tracking will further enhance the camera's wide-angle capabilities, ideal for the better capture of scenes such as vast landscapes.

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The new Stop Motion Animation function enables producing a stop motion (stop frame) video in camera with pictures that are sequentially shot while moving the object by degrees.

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Total Immersion specialises in so-called web mashups, where an online user sees a video reflection of themselves coupled with a 3D object that they can control, such as camera that responds accurately to button presses, or a pair of glasses that lets the user switch the frame or colour scheme.

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So while an object under those cloaks are invisible to a infrared camera, a person could see it just fine.

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The 1080p HD video camera automatically removes jitters and lets you lock the focus on a moving object.

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The scanner itself consists of a digital camera with an on-board laser that determines the distance to the object, although it also apparently requires that targets be placed around the scene to properly scan the object -- or person, as the case may be.

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