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06/21/2012 07:14:00 AM · #1 |
A camera capable of creating images with "unprecedented detail" has been unveiled by US engineers.
The prototype machine - dubbed AWARE2 - is capable of of taking pictures with resolutions of up 50 gigapixels, equivalent to 50,000 megapixels.
Read the whole article: //www.bbc.com/news/technology-18536170
More:
//online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304441404577478182111367056.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Message edited by author 2012-06-21 11:16:19. |
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06/21/2012 08:49:54 AM · #2 |
| I'm going to need a bigger hard drive. |
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06/21/2012 09:31:34 AM · #3 |
| This will be a privacy concern if it ever goes into production. Thinking about the hysteria over photographing people's kids in public, this will go a lot farther. A person could take a single capture from far enough away to be unnoticed and then mine all sorts of detail later. |
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06/21/2012 09:43:21 AM · #4 |
we can do this now with a Gigapan.... albeit a bit longer to take an exposure, but it is FAR cheaper..
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06/21/2012 11:10:30 AM · #5 |
| A long way to go yet; article says the camera weighs 100 pounds. |
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06/21/2012 12:38:19 PM · #6 |
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06/23/2012 02:52:02 AM · #7 |
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