Omnivision OV6948 camera, the world's smallest commercially available camera

[Num7]

Is it real?

There's nearly no way to find such a device in your house.

If we see this, it means they have something better, even smaller than we can imagine.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1704104383267709177

 

[Wind7]

It doesn't appear to be a hoax.

OMNIVISION Announces Guinness World Record for Smallest Image Sensor and New Miniature Camera Module for Disposable Medical Applications

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Oct. 22, 2019 — OMNIVISION Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today

www.ovt.com

Made mostly for medical procedures.

 

[Num7]

That's a great practical application I didn't think about. Good thinking!

 

[Mayhem]

It doesn't appear to be a hoax.

OMNIVISION Announces Guinness World Record for Smallest Image Sensor and New Miniature Camera Module for Disposable Medical Applications

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Oct. 22, 2019 — OMNIVISION Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today

www.ovt.com

Made mostly for medical procedures.

It can go places others can't HA.

 

[MODAT7]

It can go places others can't HA.

"Boldly going where no camera has wanted to go before!" (and not wanting to live afterwards)

Funny how they call 200x200 high resolution. While that is definitely physical size limited, it's a barely usable resolution for medical diagnosis. In another 10 years, that should be up to something more reasonable.

 

[Secretman3811]

"Boldly going where no camera has wanted to go before!" (and not wanting to live afterwards)

Funny how they call 200x200 high resolution. While that is definitely physical size limited, it's a barely usable resolution for medical diagnosis. In another 10 years, that should be up to something more reasonable.

"Boldly going where no camera has wanted to go before!" (and not wanting to live afterwards)

Funny how they call 200x200 high resolution. While that is definitely physical size limited, it's a barely usable resolution for medical diagnosis. In another 10 years, that should be up to something more reasonable.

Maybe place it in food so they can see what in side of your body and I bet it nanotech

 

[MODAT7]

Maybe place it in food so they can see what in side of your body and I bet it nanotech

"Pill" cameras already exist for checking out digestive track anomalies. Supposedly they work very well.

 

[Wind7]

"Pill" cameras already exist for checking out digestive track anomalies. Supposedly they work very well.

I certainly hope they're not equipped for sound.