Even Sony wouldn't squeeze one billion pixels into a single camera. Photo credit: The LSST Collaboration. It looks like the folks at Stanford didn't get the memo about the megapixel race being over. The Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) is planning to build a one billion pixel sensor. That's 3.2 gigapixels.
The camera, which will cost around $170,000 to build, will be around “the size of a small car,” and the sensor will be made up of 189 smaller sensors. And what will Stanford boffins use this for? Not for snapping photos of their pets, that's for sure.
Gadget Lab, Stanford Space-Scouring Camera Sports One Billion Pixels
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