Researchers Developing Single-Pixel Camera

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Posted by Zonk on Thursday January 18, 2007 @05:43PM from the needs-a-very-small-monitor-to-view dept.

Assassin bug writes "According to the BBC, researchers in the US are developing a single-pixel camera to capture high-quality images without the 'expense' of traditional digital photography. The idea behind such a device is that traditional digital photography is wasteful. Most of the information taken in by the camera is thrown away in the compression process. From the article: 'The digital micromirror device, as it is known, consists of a million or more tiny mirrors each the size of a bacterium. "From that mirror array, we then focus the light through a second lens on to one single photo-detector - a single pixel." As the light passes through the device, the millions of tiny mirrors are turned on and off at random in rapid succession. Complex mathematics then interprets the signals assembling a high resolution image from the thousands of sequential single-pixel snapshots. '"

Researchers Developing Single-Pixel Camera

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Pointalism... (Score:2, Funny)

by __aaclcg7560 ( 824291 ) writes: on Thursday January 18, 2007 @05:47PM (#17671296)

If the one-pixel camera behaves like a traditional digital camera, I will need to take 100 pixels to get 20 decent pixels that I can use.

Not just for cameras (Score:5, Funny)

by k4_pacific ( 736911 ) writes: <`moc.oohay' `ta' `cificap_4k'> on Thursday January 18, 2007 @05:47PM (#17671306) Homepage Journal

In related news, a major roofing manufacturer has announced the "single shingle" roof. It consists of a small plate that is quickly moved about above a building during a rainstorm to block each individual raindrop. This eliminates the "complexity" of asphalt shingles.

Murphy's Law (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday January 18, 2007 @05:47PM (#17671308)

Bet it'd suck to have a bad pixel with that camera, huh? :-)

Finally! (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday January 18, 2007 @05:47PM (#17671310)

Now we can get pr0n at the level of quality in Duke Nukem! One fleshy-pink-colored pixel is enough to get most me off...

Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)

by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes: on Thursday January 18, 2007 @05:47PM (#17671312)

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We'll See...Betamax anyone? (Score:3, Funny)

by MuChild ( 656741 ) writes: on Thursday January 18, 2007 @05:49PM (#17671364)

1) Create a million bacteria-sized mirrors. 2) ???? 3) Profit!

Hot or stuck pixel? (Score:5, Funny)

by jo7hs2 ( 884069 ) writes: on Thursday January 18, 2007 @05:50PM (#17671394) Homepage

Oh great, now I'll end up with a camera with a stuck or hot pixel and be totally screwed. Thanks, progress.

I used it for my holiday snaps (Score:5, Funny)

by Timesprout ( 579035 ) writes: on Thursday January 18, 2007 @05:52PM (#17671422)

This is me skydiving
.

This is me swimming with dolphins
.

This is me at the grand canyon
.

I have to say it (Score:3, Funny)

by JohnnyGTO ( 102952 ) writes: on Thursday January 18, 2007 @05:52PM (#17671440) Homepage

oops, crash sevem million years bad luck !?!

Urgh! (Score:2, Funny)

by HerrEkberg ( 971000 ) writes: on Thursday January 18, 2007 @05:52PM (#17671444) Homepage

Look how many MegaMirrors my new camera has!

Re:I used it for my holiday snaps (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday January 18, 2007 @05:59PM (#17671580)

This is me having sex with my wife (NSFW)

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Re:complex mathematics? (Score:5, Funny)

by Jerf ( 17166 ) writes: on Thursday January 18, 2007 @05:59PM (#17671594) Journal

It's a little clue for those "in the know" that the described benefits are entirely imaginary.

Re:Dupe (Score:4, Funny)

by orson_of_fort_worth ( 871181 ) writes: on Thursday January 18, 2007 @06:00PM (#17671618)

Shh. We can score some karma by copying the +5 posts from the original story.

Re:I used it for my holiday snaps (Score:5, Funny)

by MindStalker ( 22827 ) writes: <mindstalker@[ ]il.com ['gma' in gap]> on Thursday January 18, 2007 @06:05PM (#17671714) Journal

Dude, you should link stuff like that and no post directly.. I really didn't want to see your ugly whale of a wife..

Re:I used it for my holiday snaps (Score:3, Funny)

by Asgerix ( 1035824 ) writes: on Thursday January 18, 2007 @06:09PM (#17671796) Homepage

That's the good thing about dupe posts; you get to improve on your jokes!

http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=201687 &cid=16513113 [slashdot.org]

Re:I used it for my holiday snaps (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday January 18, 2007 @06:21PM (#17672022)

That's the good thing about dupe posts; you get to improve on your jokes!
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=201687 &cid=16513113

1) A dupe article
2) A dupe post
3) What's next? A dupe profit?

Re:1MP? (Score:3, Funny)

by speculatrix ( 678524 ) writes: on Thursday January 18, 2007 @06:22PM (#17672048)

no, a beowulf cluster of 1 bit processor core CPUs.

mod parent down! (Score:5, Funny)

by Achoi77 ( 669484 ) writes: on Thursday January 18, 2007 @06:24PM (#17672080)

freakin goatse trolls!

Re:Yes, it's a dupe. (Score:3, Funny)

by x2A ( 858210 ) writes: on Thursday January 18, 2007 @06:49PM (#17672578)

Unfortunately they turned out not to be very accurate when photgraphing girls. Mirrors, as everyone knows, makes them look fat.

A tremendous breakthrough! (Score:3, Funny)

by meanfriend ( 704312 ) writes: on Thursday January 18, 2007 @07:37PM (#17673332)

Single pixel images will revolutionize the efficiency of porn sharing.

Are you into hentai? Here you go! .....................

Barely legal teens? Coming right up .......................

Even goatse freaks dont need to be left out:
.

Though I'll probably get modded down for that last one :(

Technology is moving so fast... (Score:2, Funny)

by Curate ( 783077 ) writes: <craigbarkhouse@outlook.com> on Thursday January 18, 2007 @09:41PM (#17674974)

I've been following the digital camera industry closely for the past few years. We had 3 megapixels, then 4, 5, etc. Now they're blowing that out of the water with a 0.000001 megapixel camera!!! Amazing! There's no frinkin way they're topping this, baby! I guess with ongoing advances in miniaturization, maybe someday they'll find a way to cram 0.000000001 gigapixels into a camera. Today, such a camera would be the size of house.

One Dead Pixel! (Score:3, Funny)

by BenJeremy ( 181303 ) writes: on Thursday January 18, 2007 @09:44PM (#17675020)

Just my luck, and the warranty says I can't return it unless I find at least 4 dead pixels!!!

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Pointalism... (Score:2, Funny)

Not just for cameras (Score:5, Funny)

Murphy's Law (Score:5, Funny)

Finally! (Score:2, Funny)

Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)

We'll See...Betamax anyone? (Score:3, Funny)

Hot or stuck pixel? (Score:5, Funny)

I used it for my holiday snaps (Score:5, Funny)

I have to say it (Score:3, Funny)

Urgh! (Score:2, Funny)

Re:I used it for my holiday snaps (Score:5, Funny)

Re:complex mathematics? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Dupe (Score:4, Funny)

Re:I used it for my holiday snaps (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I used it for my holiday snaps (Score:3, Funny)

Re:I used it for my holiday snaps (Score:1, Funny)

Re:1MP? (Score:3, Funny)

mod parent down! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Yes, it's a dupe. (Score:3, Funny)

A tremendous breakthrough! (Score:3, Funny)

Technology is moving so fast... (Score:2, Funny)

One Dead Pixel! (Score:3, Funny)

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