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06/21/2012 11:14:00 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

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//online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304441404577478182111367056.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

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06/21/2012 12:49:54 PM · #2
I'm going to need a bigger hard drive.
06/21/2012 01:31:34 PM · #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.
06/21/2012 01:43:21 PM · #4
we can do this now with a Gigapan.... albeit a bit longer to take an exposure, but it is FAR cheaper..
06/21/2012 03:10:30 PM · #5
A long way to go yet; article says the camera weighs 100 pounds.
06/21/2012 04:38:19 PM · #6
I want one...lol
06/23/2012 06:52:02 AM · #7
Some more interesting information and details.
//www.dpreview.com/news/2012/06/22/Gigapixel-camera-suggests-ways-to-offer-high-pixel-counts
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