Memory chips could lead the way to gigapixel cameras
A Dutch research team used memory chips to create affordable high-resolution image sensors for digital cameras. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons, released under cc-by)
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Image sensors embedded in digital cameras are expensive, and issues with their circuitry limit the quality and resolution in the pictures they produce. Now a research group from the Netherlands believes a cheaper solution could be right before our eyes - the team's "gigavision" technique exploits the high light sensitivity of memory chips to produce inexpensive gigapixel sensors that perform very well, especially in extreme lighting conditions.
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