Engineers in the United States have built a prototype camera. This camera can capture an image in a single snapshot with 1,000 times more details than today's devices. It is called as "AWARE-2", the size of the device a box of 75 cm X 50 cm X 50 cm, in which most of the part comprises of electronic processing and communication equipment.
Today's cameras capture images measured in megapixels, normally between 2 and 40 for an average consumer device, and recently launched nokia PureView has 43 megapixel camera. A thousand megapixels make a gigapixel, which is thus comprised of a billion pixels.Most of today's gigapixel images are made by digitally merging several megapixel pictures.
This camera record the images very fast, it records a one gigapixel image in less than a 10th of a second.Gigapixel imaging captures details that are invisible to the human eye and can later be examined by zooming in without losing clarity.
The optical system consists of a 2.4-inch ball-shaped lens surrounded by an array of 98 micro-cameras each with a 14-megapixel sensor. The weight of this camera is 10 kg and when carried with it's case the weight increases about to 45 kg.The cost this camera would be about USD 100,000 to USD 250,000.
This technology can be used to stream sporting events over the Internet, enabling viewers to zoom in and watch the game from whatever perspective and resolution they choose. Similarly, cameras mounted in game parks or at scenic lookouts would allow online tourists to examine a scene in much more detail than if they were actually there.
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