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  • iPhone 4 and iPhone 3G screens go head-to-head under the microscope

    iPhone 4 and iPhone 3G screens go head-to-head under the microscope

    Posted on June 23, 2010 | No Comments
    We got up pretty close to the iPhone 4's retina display in our review, but we can't say we got quite as close as PhD candidates Ryan White and Bryan Gauntt of Penn State University, who have kindly provided us with some images of the screen under a microscope (along with an iPhone 3G for comparison). According to their measurements, the iPhone 3G's pixels measure 13 x 40 microns, while the iPhone 4's measure 6.5 x 20 microns, which adds up to exactly four times as many pixels. As impressive as sounds that sounds, however, it's the pictures that really tell the story -- hit up the gallery below to check them out.

    iPhone 4 and iPhone 3G screens go head-to-head under the microscope originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Electron microscopes get their record groove on

    Electron microscopes get their record groove on

    Posted on February 18, 2010 | No Comments
    Electron microscope photography is cool, and it's been around for a while, but that doesn't mean that that they can't still find cool things to take pictures of. Take a record for example. It's amazing to look a those little tiny grooves and see how raw and uneven they are, but still able to produce beautiful music. It's even more amazing when you compare the analog to the digital, and see how clean and uniform a CD is by comparison.

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