Start-Up Says Quantum Dots Can Transform Cellphone Cameras

Most cellphones can take pictures, but their resolution lags far behind the images created by more costly digital cameras. InVisage hopes to change that.

The Silicon Valley startup says it can bring a four-fold improvement in the performance of cellphone cameras with little increase in cost. InVisage, which has been laboring in secrecy since 2006, opted to make a fundamental break from a semiconductor technology that has been a mainstay in cameras.

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