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Once they get it down to flying insects, would it be possible to deploy a swarm of these (thousands) and use positioning data to generate high resolution 3D ima

• thysultan 6y ago
  Hopefully the smaller it gets the less power it needs, the easier it is to power using environmental factors like wind, earths magnetic fields and the movement of the insect in such a scenario.
• Nbox9 6y ago
  It would be a very hard challenging to build a high resolution image from several low level images. I haven’t heard of any similar work. This is an interesting problem space.
  • Evidlo 6y ago
    It's called super-resolution, and it's a very mature area of research. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-resolution_imaging#Multi-exposure_image_noise_reduction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-resolution_imaging#Multi... https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.03277 https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.03277
• nikhizzle 6y ago
  What you are asking for is along the lines of Microsoft Photosynth released circa 2008. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynth
  • contingencies 6y ago
    The academic field is called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photogrammetry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photogrammetry and was an outgrowth of early military aviation. There are now numerous open source implementations.
  • wintermutestwin 6y ago
    That app was awesome and it's functionality found its way into the Microsoft Pix app.
• thegreekgonzo 6y ago
  Or jumping insects? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_lanternfly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_lanternfly
• bookofjoe 6y ago
  "Prey" — Michael Crichton (2002) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prey_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prey_(novel)