By comparison, the Duke device represents the "first cut" at making gigapixel cameras for general use, said Shree Nayar, a computer-vision researcher at Columbia University in New York, who has seen the camera at work but wasn't involved in the project.

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For those users who value high-quality video, the camera has 1080p Full HD capabilities as well.

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Libertas, an anti-Lisbon group that was hugely influential last year, has posters up showing a small girl who has clearly been told to look very sad for the camera.

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But are there cranky little people who think the rover's camera is weak and has poor battery life, and "could have done it better" in their basements?

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But to Marks, who has been working on motion-sensing for a decade now since he came up with the EyeToy camera in 1999 for the PlayStation 2, this area of technology is nothing new.

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Similarly, Ms. Danes, who is practically barefaced as she peers deep into the camera's lens, promotes a natural beauty that has been rarely seen before at such close range on our TV screens.

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So, in cases where Hon Hai makes an Android-powered smartphone, tablet, camera or television for a customer who has already signed a patent deal it will be up to the two parties involved to agree how the charge should be divided up.

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