Imaging recource: Fine art, spectacular detail: Google’s gigapixel Art Camera puts the masters under the microscope

    We've mentioned the superb work done by the Google Cultural Institute several times on our news page. Now, courtesy of Google's blog and a related YouTube video (shown below), we're getting an interesting peek at one of the impressive tools the company has designed to help it in its goal of preserving and promoting culture online and worldwide. The Google Art Camera is about as specialized as they come, able to record a meter-square painting at jawdropping gigapixel resolution in as little as 30 minutes. This is achieved by...
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