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September 28, 2007
Sony's All-Seeing Eye
This is awesome. According to Wikipedia, a "gigapixel image" contains one billion (109) pixels, which is equivalent to a 32,000 by 32,000 image. A few years back, Clifford Ross's homemade R-1 camera made the news for achieving similar resolution in the analog domain.
One interesting aspect of this technology would be near-real-time satellite photography of entire cities. Another would be near-real-time imaging of biological samples.
To get an idea of just how detailed a gigapixel image is, check out the insanely detailed Harlem 13 Gigapixels, using technology provided by Zoomify.
Posted by Devon at September 28, 2007 08:30 PM
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