Amazing how fast the digital technology is growing.
Bill Gates and ex-Microsoft executive Charles Simonyi have donated a combined $30 million to the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, which will feature the largest digital camera ever constructed. Scientists say it will provide a “color movie” of the universe.
The donation will go partly to the construction of LSST’s three giant mirrors, which will enable it to survey more of the sky faster than any other telescope. With its three-billion pixel camera, the telescope will produce 30 terabytes of images that will be immediately available to the public online.
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AWESOME! I am excited to see development with this. As a teacher of technology, I wonder how hard it would be to get a guest speaker to talk to my kids on speakerphone or conference call about the technology and logistics necessary to make this happen in a photographic and film-maing standpoint.
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