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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Wed/terapixel.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Wed/terapixel.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d5ee1a4 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Wed/terapixel.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +A post on our sister site Gadget Lab caught my eye this morning -- [Resist the Megapixel Myth!][1] While I whole heartedly agree with that advice, it's hard to downplay the megapixel myth when the first one trillion pixel image has just been released. + +Aperio, specialists in medical imaging, have rewritten the TIFF format slightly to circumvent the 4GB files size limit of TIFF images. The resulting format, [dubbed BigTiff][3], has been released to the public domain. + +To showcase their breakthrough, the Aperio team has created [the world's first Terapixel image][2]. The image displays 255 pathology slides of breast tissue and can be seen on the Aperio site (the site appears to be bogged down at the moment, I couldn't get the image to load). + +A one trillion pixel image is definitely impressive (and kudos to Aperio for releasing the new image format), but I still side with Gadget Lab -- even if you could have a terapixel camera, you don't need it. + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/05/resist_the_mega.html "Resist the Megapixel Myth!" +[2]: http://images2.aperio.com/BigTIFF/BreastCancer225.tif/view.apml "Terapixel Image" +[3]: http://www.aperio.com/newsevents/BigTiffPR0507.asp "Aperio Implements BigTIFF, Donates Enhancements to Public Domain"
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