Gigapixel camera offers super sharp shots (BBC)

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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, according to the team from Duke University in North Carolina.

It works by synchronizing 98 tiny cameras in a single device.

The machine is likely to be used first for military surveillance.

The camera was developed by a team led by engineer David Brady and Michael J. Fitzpatrick, professor of Electric Engineering at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering, along with scientists from the University of Arizona, and the University of California.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18536170

[phantom power]

1. I admit that software zoom on that would work pretty well.

[LiberalLoner]

2. I wonder how long it will take to use that to make porn? (Just kidding. Sort of.)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Talk about up close and personal!

[Posteritatis]

4. "My, ma'am, what big mitochondria you have.." (nt)