Say hello to the World's tiniest camera. At at
just 1mm-wide, 1mm long, and 1.5mm tall, it's smaller than a typical
match head, and it lives on a single sillicon chip.
Portuguese image sensor developer 'Awaiba' created
the tiny camera, named the NanEye 2B, for use in the medical industry.
NanEye 2B draws only 1.8 volts of electric current, and can take "clear
and sharp" 250 by 250-pixel pictures. As you may have guessed, this
lilliputian digital camera won't be hitting stores anytime soon;
instead, it will be put to use delving into human bodies in the name of
science.
Awaiba sees the NanEye 2B being used for a variety of
medical purposes, including dental imaging and medical endoscopy, and it
could even be used to give surgical robots a boost