A camera capable of creating images with "unprecedented detail" has been unveiled by US engineers.
Nowadays, the typical commercial digital camera is capable of taking photographs ranging from 8 to 40 megapixels, but a new prototype machine, dubbed AWARE2, is threatening to make these cameras obsolete.
It works by synchronising 98 tiny cameras in a single device.
The machine is likely to be used first for military surveillance.
"A computer processor essentially stitches all this information into a single highly detailed image. In many instances, the camera can capture images of things that photographers cannot see themselves but can then detect when the image is viewed later."
By utilizing 98 tiny synchronized cameras, AWARE2 captures images with resolutions of up to 50 gigapixels, the equivalent of 50,000 megapixels.
Though AWARE2 is too bulky and impractical for handheld use and will likely initially be used exclusively for military surveillance, researchers expect that gigapixel cameras will be compact enough to be made available to the general public within five years.
Nowadays, the typical commercial digital camera is capable of taking photographs ranging from 8 to 40 megapixels, but a new prototype machine, dubbed AWARE2, is threatening to make these cameras obsolete.
It works by synchronising 98 tiny cameras in a single device.
The machine is likely to be used first for military surveillance.
"A computer processor essentially stitches all this information into a single highly detailed image. In many instances, the camera can capture images of things that photographers cannot see themselves but can then detect when the image is viewed later."
By utilizing 98 tiny synchronized cameras, AWARE2 captures images with resolutions of up to 50 gigapixels, the equivalent of 50,000 megapixels.
Though AWARE2 is too bulky and impractical for handheld use and will likely initially be used exclusively for military surveillance, researchers expect that gigapixel cameras will be compact enough to be made available to the general public within five years.
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