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BBC News By David Silverberg image captionTom Ang has written more than 30 books on digital photography "Todays smartphone cameras can make a better image than cameras I paid NZ$10,000 ($7,110; £5,165) for only 20 years ago," says Tom Ang, an Auckland-based professional photographer and author of more than 30 books on digital photography. The cameras embedded in our smartphones have become so good, many of those too young to remember anything different would scoff at the idea of carting around...

Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal AUGUSTA — The Kennebec County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to remove a controversial statue from county property six months after the state’s judicial branch raised the issue. The statue, which was erected outside the Kennebec County courthouse in 2013, depicts Augusta native Melville Fuller, who served as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court when it decided a case that institutionalized racial discrimination in the United States for more than five ...

Harvard’s metalens technology enters commercial development Mass. startup Metalenz, Inc., to bring flat optics to consumer electronics and more FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedIn An illustration of the ultra-thin planar lens. The lens consists of titanium dioxide nanofins on a glass substrate. The lens focuses an incident light to a spot  smaller than the wavelength this tight focusing enables subwavelength resolution imaging. (Image courtesy of Peter Allen/Harvard SEAS)Download Image A startup c...

Kennebec County official facing sexual assault charges has history of prior job misconduct, documents say James Saucier, 58, of Belgrade, who has been on paid administrative leave since April 9, 2020, has a track record of misusing county property and violating direct orders. Share AUGUSTA — Kennebec County’s maintenance manager is being paid through Friday despite nearly a year-long sexual assault investigation that resulted in his recent arrest and a lengthy history of disciplinary actio...

Mass. startup Metalenz, Inc., to bring flat optics to consumer electronics and more CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A startup company founded by applied physicists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) intends to transform consumer electronics by introducing a powerful technology for imaging and illumination that could replace conventional lenses with an ultrathin, flat optical microchip. Harvard’s Office of Technology Development (OTD), which c...

Posted February 4th, 2021 for TDK ​ Metalenz manufactures a breakthrough, high-performance miniaturized flat lens technology that transforms light in a myriad of ways for a variety of optical systems, including 3D sensing. Metalenses are considered a top 10 emerging technology¹, with the potential to allow further miniaturization in sensors and other imaging devices. TDK Corporation will leverage its extensive experience in AR/VR, micro-actuators, smartphone ...

2 months ago Mass. startup Metalenz, Inc., to bring flat optics to consumer electronics and more CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A startup company founded by applied physicists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) intends to transform consumer electronics by introducing a powerful technology for imaging and illumination that could replace conventional lenses with an ultrathin, flat optical microchip. Harvard’s Of...

increase font size Kennebec County maintenance manager sexually assaulted female inmate assigned to work for him, police allege in documents James Saucier, 58, of Belgrade, was arrested last week on three counts of gross sexual assault in connection with the case, and the alleged victim told authorities she wasnt the first incarcerated female he had assaulted. Share The old Kennebec County Courthouse in Augusta on March 18, 2020. A county employee who works in the building has been charged wit...

Read Article The old Kennebec County Courthouse in Augusta on March 18, 2020. A county employee who works in the building has been charged with three counts of gross sexual assault of a female inmate under his supervision. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal file AUGUSTA — James Saucier is alleged to have raped a woman in the custody of the Kennebec County jail assigned to work for him, and that woman says she heard he sexually assaulted other inmates at the county jail too, according to an affida...

Kennebec County Official Charged With Sexual Assault According to the KJ, 58 year old James Saucier, of Belgrade, was arrested on Thursday by Augusta police. He has been charged with three counts Gross Sexual Assault Class B.  The charges, which carry a penalty of up to 10 years in prison, stem from the alleged assault of a 45 year old woman last spring.  The alleged sexual assaults were investigated by members of the  Augusta Police Department and the Kennebec County District Attorney’s ...