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GigaPan Offers Billion-Pixel Views

MAR 06, 2012
Computer scientists modified a digital camera to enable users to create detailed panoramic photos and time-lapse videos where viewers can zoom in and out of the scene.
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GigaPan Offers Billion-Pixel Views

Inside Science Buzzwords:

  1. Pixel - A single point in a digital image or the smallest piece of a picture on a screen that can be controlled.
  2. Giga - A prefix in the metric system that means “one billion.” For example, a gigapixel is a billion pixels, and a gigayear is equal to one billion years.

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