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A camera capable of creating images with "unprecedented detail" has been unveiled by US engineers. The prototype machine - dubbed AWARE2 - has the potential to take pictures with resolutions of up to 50 gigapixels, equivalent to 50,000 megapixels,  according to the team from Duke University in North Carolina . It works by synchronising 98 tiny cameras in a single device. The machine is likely to be used first for military surveillance. In its current state the researchers say it can take one gigapixel images at up to three frames per minute. Undetected images The camera was developed by a team led by engineer David Brady and Michael J. Fitzpatrick, professor of Electric Engineering at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering, along with scientists from the University of Arizona, and the University of California. They received funding from Darpa - the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The prototype camera itself is two-and-half feet s...