Signs of the singularity

From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Thu Oct 17 2002 - 13:16:51 MDT


I'm forwarding this from another list just to point out the acceleration
of a trend many people may be unaware of. The state-of-the-art in Hg/Cd/Te
sensors to date (in my understanding) had been 256x256 or or perhaps 512x512
pixels. This report documents it going to 2048x2048.

Subject: Caltech unveils new infrared camera for 200-inch telescope
Caltech Astronomers Unveil Powerful New Infrared Camera for the 200-Inch Hale Telescope
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=9541

While still pretty expensive this is quite a leap in capabilities.

Robert



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