Advances in Digital Home Photo Albums

The last few decades has witnessed a dizzying rate of technological innovation in the areas of computing and communication. While the effects of cheaper and faster computation power manifest explicitly in many places, slightly less obvious are the technological advances in sensor and signal processing technologies. Their impact is being increasingly felt in the form of digitization of all forms of communication and media. These advances have directly led to increased inexpensive communication bandwidth, which in turn has spurred the rapid acceleration of the Internet globally. In terms of consumer electronics devices, we are currently witnessing the mass-scale switchover to digital cameras from the traditional analog cameras. In fact, the year 2002 is expected to be a significant milestone since it will perhaps become the first year when the sales of digital cameras will outstrip those of their analog predecessors.