I spy. You spy. We all spy?
Researchers have designed a camera that could take 50,000-megapixel shots. Though the team has currently built and tested only a 1,000-megapixel (one gigapixel) camera, they are constructing a 10,000-megapixel version and foresee future cameras with much higher resolution…
Click here to view the entire report located on the Wired Magazine website.
Click here for a second report. This one located on the Wall Street Journal website.
Personally, I became aware of the significance of camera capabilities back in the mid-1960′s when I was briefly involved with the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program. Here’s a quote from Wikipedia about camera technology back then -
“Starting in 1965 a large optical system was added to the spacecraft for military reconnaissance. This camera system was codenamed “Dorian” and given the designation KH-10. The project was canceled on June 10, 1969 before any operational flights occurred.
The KH-10 intended for the MOL program was succeeded by the unmanned KH-11 Kennan, which launched in 1976 as the Soviet Union was winding down its manned space reconnaissance program. The KH-11 achieved the goal of 3-inch (76 mm) imaging resolution and introduced video transmission of images back to Earth.”
Click here to learn more about the Manned Orbiting Laboratory Program.
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