.Brendan Nystedt

While smartphone shutterbugs apply old-time filters to their photos, a Silicon Valley startup is exploring a whole new realm of picture taking. Mountain ViewÐbased Lytro, Inc., founded six years ago by Stanford University graduate Ren Ng, moves beyond emulsions, beyond pixels, andinto a new frontier known as light-field photography.

CODA, a new electric car dealership in Santa Clara, zips in front of Tesla to snag a share of the market.

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