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Re: Night Sight for Pixel phones

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Post by Erwin »

The Huawei P20 shipped out in April with this feature -- I look forward to dxomark's analysis of the Pixel 3 phone compared to the P20, which currently remains on top: https://www.dxomark.com/category/mobile-reviews/

Upgrading from a 3-year old Samsung S6, where I could almost see the battery percentages drop off percent by percent, the P20 Pro's 4000 mAh battery has been great (too bad the wireless charging didn't appear until the new Mate P20 Pro).

Re: Night Sight for Pixel phones

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Post by gwicks56 »

Erwin wrote: post #22

The Huawei P20 shipped out in April with this feature -- I look forward to dxomark's analysis of the Pixel 3 phone compared to the P20, which currently remains on top: https://www.dxomark.com/category/mobile-reviews/ Upgrading from a 3-year old Samsung S6, where I could almost see the battery percentages drop off percent by percent, the P20 Pro's 4000 mAh battery has been great (too bad the wireless charging didn't a…

I'm hesitant to bring this up, for lots of different reasons, but people I know and mostly trust, who work in places where they should be in a position to know, all tell me the same thing: "Never buy Huawei anything, for any reason". Anybody have any real knowledge about this? @danielmicay is doing some interesting stuff in relation to being able to verify different Android build, but I have not tested yet to see.

Re: Night Sight for Pixel phones

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Post by swaggyBoatswain »

Wouldn't video still be extremely blurry? This is mostly for things not moving / pictures

I wonder if this technology will eventually supercede military night vision goggles. Having the ability to add color perception at long distances could have useful for identifying things at night.

Re: Night Sight for Pixel phones

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Post by nanomonkey »

fsargent wrote: post #15
nanomonkey wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On a similar note, it would be nice if some of the drawers of the fridge had red LED lights to keep leafy greens photosynthesizing, to keep them green.

Can you link to some research on that? I'd love to throw together a hack where you use LED light strips to do this. Isn't it possible that the light would increase bacteria though? https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/66878/blue-light...

I'm sadly unable to find the original study where I found this. If memory serves me it was from around 2003.

Not sure how it would increase bacteria, as bacteria don't photosynthesis light, unless the lights gave off sufficient heat to increase their activity. If anything I would think the light might inhibit bacterial growth.

Re: Night Sight for Pixel phones

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Post by krackers »

gwicks56 wrote: post #23
Erwin wrote: post #22

The Huawei P20 shipped out in April with this feature -- I look forward to dxomark's analysis of the Pixel 3 phone compared to the P20, which currently remains on top: https://www.dxomark.com/category/mobile-reviews/ Upgrading from a 3-year old Samsung S6, where I could almost see the battery percentages drop off percent by percent, the P20 Pro's 4000 mAh battery has been great (too bad the wireless charging didn't a…

I'm hesitant to bring this up, for lots of different reasons, but people I know and mostly trust, who work in places where they should be in a position to know, all tell me the same thing: "Never buy Huawei anything, for any reason". Anybody have any real knowledge about this? @danielmicay is doing some interesting stuff in relation to being able to verify different Android build, but I have not tested yet to see.

I'd assume it'd be in relation to some sort of China-related backdoor or datamining. About half a year ago intelligence agencies also publicly recommended against buying Huwawei/ZTE phones, for presumably whatever reasons the people you mentioned may be privy to.

Re: Night Sight for Pixel phones

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Post by 0x54D5 »

Erwin wrote: post #22

The Huawei P20 shipped out in April with this feature -- I look forward to dxomark's analysis of the Pixel 3 phone compared to the P20, which currently remains on top: https://www.dxomark.com/category/mobile-reviews/ Upgrading from a 3-year old Samsung S6, where I could almost see the battery percentages drop off percent by percent, the P20 Pro's 4000 mAh battery has been great (too bad the wireless charging didn't a…

Unfortunately the P20 does not currently have a warranty in the United States.

Re: Night Sight for Pixel phones

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Post by kraftman »

londons_explore wrote: post #4

I would like super sensitive cameras like this to be used inside fridges to see the very faint glow of food going off. Chemical reactions by bacteria breaking down food produce light, enough for humans to see in only the darkest of places (if you live in a city, you won't ever encounter dark enough situations). A camera simulating a 1 hour exposure time in a closed refrigerator ought to be able to see it pretty easil…

Or rfid tag everything and add a scale so that your fridge can tell when you're out of items or low on milk! Would potentially make recycling easier too
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