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Discuss “Carnegie Mellon introduces Gigapan device”

Carnegie Mellon unveiled a new robotic camera system called the “Gigapan” last Wednesday, and it is already changing the way people view the world through photographs.

Gigapan was developed during a two-year partnership between scientists from Carnegie Mellon and NASA’s Ames Research Center. “There’s been very close collaboration,” said Laura Tomokiyo, project scientist of the Gigapan at Carnegie Mellon.

“It’s been wonderful to work with them. NASA Ames as an organization has been extremely supportive of Gigapan and, during the project’s time, has contributed a lot. For example, we’ve had a couple of interns from NASA that are contributing to this project.”

The project also received assistance from Google for funding...

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