Damian Peach, 2011 Astronomy
Photographer of the year used a
Point Grey Flea3 CCD camera.

Flea3 Shoots for the Stars

Point Grey's Flea3 was used in two of this year's Astronomy Photographer of the Year winning images. With its exceptional image quality, the Flea3 is a favorite with astronomy photographers. Using a Flea3 CCD camera, Damian Peach wins both the "Overall Winner" prize and the "Our Solar System" category prize with his Jupiter with lo and Ganymede photo. Also using a Flea3 CCD camera, Paul Haese claims the Runner-up prize with Dragon Storm. Read more...

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The new Flea3 USB 3.0

Flea3 USB 3.0 Advances Toward Production

Point Grey is preparing the highly anticipated Flea3 USB 3.0 camera series for production, set to begin in early October. The new Flea3 FL3-U3 line will be the world's smallest and fastest USB 3.0 cameras offering a variety of low-cost, high-speed, CMOS image sensors. The first available model will be the FL3-U3-32S2, which features a 3.2 megapixel Sony CMOS sensor capable of running at 60 FPS. Click here to receive the announcement.

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VISION Stuttgart 2011

See you at VISION Stuttgart - Part 1

In the past year, Point Grey has witnessed widespread adoption of USB 3.0 in consumer devices and a huge groundswell of interest from both industrial and prosumer customers. At this year's Industrial VISION Days, Vlad Tucakov, Point Grey's Director of Business Development, will give an update on progress being made on USB 3.0 technologies including hardware availability, new chipsets, host controllers, hubs, cables, cameras etc. Mark your calendars for the "USB 3.0 is Here!" presentation at 11:30am – 12pm on Tuesday, November 8th, 2011.

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18th ITS Wrold Congress
in Orlando, Florida

ITS World Congress

Under the theme of "Keeping the Economy Moving", this year's International Transportation Society sessions will focus on new levels of safety, reliability, convenience, accessibility, and choice. Point Grey will be exhibiting our price-performance leader, the Grasshopper2, and the upcoming multipurpose Zebra2 camera with its unique combination of interfaces.

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USB 3.0 Technology Update

 Windows 8 at the SuperSpeed of USB3.0
In a recent blog, the Windows 8 team shares the work they've done to integrate "SuperSpeed" USB 3.0 into the upcoming operating system. Their work started even before devices were available in order to fulfill the promise of compatibility with the latest devices and drivers at the time of Windows 8's release. Read more from the official blog.