Author Topic: New Disposable, Medical Camera Is the Size of a Grain of Salt (Read 1388 times)

adash · « **on:** June 11, 2011, 12:40:09 AM »

Thanks to a German research institute, in the very near future, we may not even see the cameras looking back at us at all.

It may not be news that camera technology is getting smaller, but it is newsworthy when an important milestone is reached. Take the announcement from the German Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration for example. They recently reported the development of a camera with a lens attached that is 1 x 1 x 1.5 millimeters in size, which is the size of a grain of salt. At about a cubic millimeter in size, this camera is right at the size limit that the human eye can see unaided. The camera not only produces decent images but it is also very cheap to manufacture…so cheap in fact that it is considered disposable.

http://singularityhub.com/2011/04/11/new-disposable-medical-camera-is-the-size-of-a-grain-of-salt/

voyager · « **Reply #1 on:** June 11, 2011, 12:40:49 AM »

Oh my.

WheeE-P1 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 11, 2011, 01:04:46 AM »

But how good will the RAW files be?

Seriously though, for those that are new to this type of thing, have a look at the camera/transmitter pill you can swallow which takes pictures all the way through your digestive system, sending them in real time to a recorder in the outside world. It's also disposable which is a good thing, considering where it's been and where it ends up!

From http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/medical/IM04443

voyager · « **Reply #3 on:** June 11, 2011, 01:08:59 AM »

And Micro Four Thirds claimed they were small.

Ray · « **Reply #4 on:** June 11, 2011, 01:20:29 AM »

This every-day-closer-to-nano-sized stuff is both exiting and scary at the same time.

Spies will love it

New Disposable, Medical Camera Is the Size of a Grain of Salt