Kingston releases memory card

Kingston Technology is shipping a 32GB Elite Pro SDHC Flash memory card for use with today's digital video camcorders and other high-resolution imaging devices, says Electronics Talk.

The new card is the largest capacity in Kingston's Elite Pro line of SDHC cards, which currently includes 4, 8 and 16GB capacities.

"With the addition of the 32GB capacity card, Kingston is at the forefront of offering a versatile line of SDHC solutions to solve a variety of needs in today's digital imaging world."

Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest technology company, continues to roll along financially - except in one traditional core business - its printing business, says NY Times.

The company reported third-quarter sales and profit that exceeded Wall Street expectations.

Commercial printer sales were down 5%, and consumer hardware fell 14%. A quarter of the company's total revenue comes from its printing division. Helping to offset the declines was an 11% increase in the sales of printer supplies - like ink and cartridges.

Andrew Payne, a PhD student and post-doctoral fellow at New Zealand Waikato University, was last week named a runner-up in the Future Science and Technology category of the annual MacDiarmid Young Scientists of the Year Awards, says Waikato Times.

It comes for his work on a high-precision imaging system that could eventually allow robots and other electronic devices to measure distance and generate 3D images.

Most existing 3D imaging systems are relatively slow and measure one spot at a time, but Payne has developed a technique called Full Field Time of Flight, which simultaneously measures multiple points with a high accuracy. His three-year post-doctoral fellowship will expand on this work.