AWARE2 gigapixel camera

<p><img alt="" height="477" src="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/rodrigo/AWARE2/gigapixel_05.jpg" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 818px; width: auto !important; height: auto; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;" width="818" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-size: xx-small;">'</span>AWARE2' gigapixel camera by duke university<br />above: 3 increasing zoom levels of footage taken by the camera<br /><br /> <br />engineers at duke university have developed a camera able to take photos with up to one billion pixels of resolution. <br />the 'AWARE2' gigapixel camera uses 98 sensors each at 14 megapixels, capable of detecting detail from as far as 1 kilometer away.<br />the current model weighs in at approximately 100 pounds, and only shoots in black and white.<br /><br />explore more of the super high-resolution photos on duke's site with these zoomable examples of a lake scene, building atrium and riverside town.<br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;" /></p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;"><br /><img alt="" height="542" src="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/rodrigo/AWARE2/gigapixel_02.jpg" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 818px; width: auto !important; height: auto;" width="818" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">original image shot at .96 gigapixels; explore the full zoomable image </span><a href="http://mosaic.disp.duke.edu:90/aware/static/html/stadium.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">here</span></a><br /><br /><br /><img alt="" height="838" src="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/rodrigo/AWARE2/gigapixel_01.jpg" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 818px; width: auto !important; height: auto;" width="818" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">the 'AWARE2' camera</span><br /><br /><img alt="" height="704" src="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/rodrigo/AWARE2/gigapixel_06.jpg" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 818px; width: auto !important; height: auto;" width="818" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">camera processor</span><span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: x-small; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: x-small; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">r</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: x-small; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">e</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: x-small; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">n</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: x-small; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">d</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: x-small; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">e</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: x-small; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">r</span></span><br /><br /><br /><iframe width="818" height="614" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ejB1W_SFYF0" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">making of 'AWARE2' gigapixel camera </span></div>

AWARE2 gigapixel camera

' AWARE2' gigapixel camera by duke university above: 3 increasing zoom levels of footage taken by the camera   engineers at duke uni...

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