The camera in your phone exists because a NASA engineer wanted to shrink spacecraft imaging onto a single chip, while much of his field doubted it could ever match the sensors already flying. Those chips now ship in the billions every year.
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A NASA engineer pursued shrinking spacecraft imaging onto a single chip, a bet many in the field doubted could match existing sensors. That work became the basis for camera chips now shipping in the billions each year.
The technology that made smartphone cameras possible started as a contrarian bet against the entire imaging industry's most powerful incumbents. The post The camera in your phone exists because a NASA engineer wanted to shrink spacecraft imaging onto a single chip, while much of his field doubted it could ever match the sensors already flying. Those chips now ship in the billions every year. appeared first on Space Daily .
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