China's new 'super camera' can instantly pinpoint specific targets among tens of thousands of people

[Mike A.]

Hey @EMPIRETECANDY , can you get this one?

China's new 'super camera' can instantly pinpoint specific targets among tens of thousands of people

By Tracey Shelton
Posted earlier today at 3:33am

Scientists have unveiled a 500 megapixel cloud camera system in China that they say is capable of capturing the facial details of each individual in a crowd of tens of thousands of people, raising fears facial recognition monitoring could soon reach a new level.

Key points:

• The super camera can instantly detect specific targets in a crowd of thousands
• It has the capacity to take both still images and record video
• The abilities of such a camera raise serious concerns about privacy

The camera, which was revealed at China's International Industry Fair last week, was designed by Fudan University and Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The camera's resolution is five times more detailed than the human eye, and it is also equipped with artificial intelligence (AI), facial recognition, real-time monitoring and cloud computing technology, designers say.

All this means it can detect and identify human faces or other objects and instantly find specific targets even in a crowded stadium, Xiaoyang Zeng, one of the scientists who worked on the new technology, explained to reporters at the exhibition display.

He said this device — dubbed the "super camera" by local media — can capture both still images and record video.

China's new 500 megapixel 'super camera' can identify thousands of people simultaneously

 

[EMPIRETECANDY]

Not sure if they sell overseas

 

[bigredfish]

HA! See if you can get us a discount Andy

 

[crw030]

Looks like at least 40 cameras, so 10-12mp each hehe so cost prohibitive AND poor night vision.

 

[pinko]

Shotgun testing!

 

[c hris527]

Kind of reminds me of a close up picture of the head of a Fly with all those lenses.

 

[J Sigmo]

DARPA shows off 1.8-gigapixel surveillance drone, can spot a terrorist from 20,000 feet - ExtremeTech

And that was from 2013. Imagine what they have now, but aren't talking about.

 

[crw030]

the image from 17500 feet was dated 2009, crazy what they can no doubt do now in 2019.

 

[bp2008]

DARPA shows off 1.8-gigapixel surveillance drone, can spot a terrorist from 20,000 feet - ExtremeTech

And that was from 2013. Imagine what they have now, but aren't talking about.

Yeah. They need better moderators.

 

[CCTVCam]

I'm guessing sales of celebrity masks will go through the roof. Wonder how many crimes they'll potentially get accused of in the future!