On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Brad Lowe <[email protected]> wrote:
Here is a fascinating look at a new surveillance technology.. which > reportedly uses 368 cellphone camera sensors focused on the ground via > four image-stabilized telescopic lenses. > > With that, a drone flying at 6km can cover 25 sq km of ground, allowing > multiple high-res feeds with 6" resolution. (Watch the video.) > > > http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/146909-darpa-shows-off-1-8-gigapixel-surveillance-drone-can-spot-a-terrorist-from-20000-feet > > http://www.extremetech.com/computing/143455-darpa-begins-work-on-100gbps-wireless-tech-with-120-mile-range > > http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/110873-new-spy-drone-has-1-8-gigapixel-camera > > This is a feat of data processing, storage, and transmission... Its also > quite unusual for the details about a military project like this to be made > public. (psy-ops?) > Quite impressive. Right now we're in the raster graphics age of surveillance technology. If quantum computer technology gets off the ground and can be made portable, it is possible that processing times for high-resolution images could effectively go away. In this context, that might mean you could have five analysts, each with a joystick able to zoom in to any part of the image, simultaneously looking over different parts of it in real time. Eric
