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We’re in the Christmas spirit here at Layar now that it’s December 1st! Case in point: our management team has “Elfed” themselves.

Unbelievable. A “camera” smaller than a pinpoint captured this image of the Mona Lisa. Speculation about “big brother” future in 3… 2… 1… 

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Every Single Gadget Could “See” With World’s Tiniest, Simplest Camera

The camera can only see about 20 pixels on a side—check out the image to see how the camera views the Mona Lisa. Despite its limitations, its utility is impressive. It starts with the fact it’s so tiny and has no moving parts, which means it could be integrated almost anywhere in a gadget, and will fit into gadgets of any size. It’s super-cheap, which means it could find elegant and surprising uses in situations you may not expect. And its dim vision powers could actually change the capabilities of almost anything you integrate it into.

Full Story: Fast Company

New Apple Patent Includes Augmented Reality Displays

“For example, gyroscopes, magnetometers and other motion sensors can provide angular displacements, angular rates and magnetic readings with respect to a reference coordinate frame, and that data can be used by a real-time onboard rendering engine to generate 3D imagery of downtown San Francisco. […] If the user physically moves device, resulting in a change of the video camera view, the information layer and computer-generated imagery can be updated accordingly using the sensor data.”