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| via: Andrew Sullivan's/Daily Beast |
It's
able to capture crazy detail:
Researchers have developed a prototype "supercamera"
that stitches together images from 98 individual cameras (each with a
14-megapixel sensor) to create a 960-million-pixel image with enough
resolution to spot a 3.8-centimeter-wide object 1 kilometer away.
The camera is currently "two-and-half feet square and 20 inches deep." It will eventually
slim down:
"The camera is so large now because of the electronic control boards
and the need to add components to keep it from overheating," [David]
Brady [one of the camera's creators] said, "As more efficient and
compact electronics are developed, the age of hand-held gigapixel
photography should follow."
(Photo from Duke University
via Gizmodo)
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