Stanford photo scientists have created an open-source camera dubbed Frankencamera, based on a TI motherboard, Nokia N95 imaging chip and Canon lenses.
Stanford scientists have created an open-source digital camera, dubbed Frankencamera. The idea is that software programmers should be able to come up with software that will teach cameras new tricks.
The prototype of the Frankencamera is using a Texas Instruments motherboard running Linux with image and general processors and a small LCD screen. A Nokia N95 imaging chip and off-the-shelf Canon lenses are also on board, combined with actuators to give the Frankencamera fine-tuned software control. The body is custom made at Stanford. The project has benefited from the support of Nokia, Adobe Systems, Kodak and Hewlett-Packard.
Professor Levoy hopes to have the funding and arrangements in place for an outside manufacturer to produce the Frankencamera in quantity within a year. Ideally it would be priced for less than $1,000, and provide them at cost to colleagues and their students at other universities. An interview with Professor Levoy can be found here (including an image of the camera and more).
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