A Camera the Size of a Grain of Salt Could Change Imaging as We Know It – Communications of the ACM
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Camera technology has become so ubiquitous and so small. But this is a whole different level.
The meta-optics camera is the first device of its kind to produce full-color images that are equal in quality to those produced by conventional cameras, which are an order of magnitude larger. In fact, the meta-optics camera is 500,000 times smaller than conventional cameras that capture the same level of image quality.
Would we even call this a camera? The article highlights incredible use cases in medicine with endoscopes. The concept of "turning a surface into a camera" is a bit mind blowing. What if the ceiling in the room was all just a camera? You could redefine what it means to be a smart building.
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