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Living camera uses bacteria to capture image
by unmanaged at 9:18 pm EST, Nov 27, 2005 |
A dense bed of light-sensitive bacteria has been developed as a unique kind of photographic film. Although it takes 4 hours to take a picture and only works in red light, it also delivers extremely high resolution.
The “living camera” uses light to switch on genes in a genetically modified bacterium that then cause an image-recording chemical to darken. The bacteria are tiny, allowing the sensor to deliver a resolution of 100 megapixels per square inch.
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RE: Living camera uses bacteria to capture image
by janelane at 11:20 pm EST, Nov 27, 2005 |
unmanaged wrote: A dense bed of light-sensitive bacteria has been developed as a unique kind of photographic film. Although it takes 4 hours to take a picture and only works in red light, it also delivers extremely high resolution.
The “living camera” uses light to switch on genes in a genetically modified bacterium that then cause an image-recording chemical to darken. The bacteria are tiny, allowing the sensor to deliver a resolution of 100 megapixels per square inch.
Millions of research dollars to develop cutting edge....FSM pictures. -janelane, amused |
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