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Kodak's new technology, which will replace the bayer matrix colour filter which sits above the CCD/CMOS sensor, reportedly makes colour imaging systems 2-4 times more sensitive to light. This can only be good for astronomy as it will make single shot colour CCD cameras more efficient.
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this article that explains it more. Basically what they are doing is simply adding non-filtered cells into the filter that sits above the chip. These full luminence pixels form a mono image which they can then turn into a color image with the rest of the R/G/B filtered cells.