New low-powered cameras for USA’s mini spy drones

California Institute of Technology has patented a new camera technology to replace the current cameras on the insect-sized spy drones in the US military. Funded by NASA and Pentagon, these new micro-sized digital cameras using lesser energy, would be a revolutionary way to design the tiny surveillance drones of the military. The technology syncs all the components of a camera i.e. the sensors, circuits and microchips, on a single efficient chip, radio-controlled from about a km away and thus make for a better and effective low-power inclusion in the spy flyers.

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Via: NewScientist/io9