Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Spooky Camera
Every time I stop and ponder the mystery and seemingly magic powers of computers and cell phones, I always end up thinking about just how far they've come since they were first invented. I wasn't alive to see the first one, and I won't be alive to see the last either. This mindset and set of ideas got me wandering the internet looking for news about cell phones, and I came across something rather interesting. Apparently, the high definition camera in the iPhone 4S is the same camera that is used by Predator Drones. Yikes! These cameras record about one terabyte of information per day. This camera's name is: "Autonomous Real-Time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System" or ARGUS-IS for short. But this camera is actually the result of putting 368 cell phone camera's together. This camera is also what they call the best surveillance camera in the whole world. It's a little creepy, isn't it? The same camera that you may very well be taking pictures with is also taking pictures in enemy territory. It makes me feel closer to the battlefield, but in a very odd way. Another thing, what if they start monitoring these cameras? They will be able to see what you see. I know this is poppycock, considering the fact that it's probably against the law, but let the conspiracy theories begin! You can find out about this camera in the news for yourself at: http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-camera-tech-in-darpa-argus-drone-2013-1#ixzz2JLkUtNku.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Wow, that's pretty cool. I think it's interesting how new technologies bleed into different fields.
ReplyDeleteHow useful would it be to monitor x million camera's? Unless you were trying to track the whereabouts of a particular individual (which there are other means of doing), it doesn't seem reasonable to gather an inordinate amount of video data just to have the information. Not to mention iOS is so locked up it would have to involve a change to the operating system to do anything like that.