I want one of these: Gigapan Imagaer. In a nutshell, it’s a robotic contraption that automates taking many (many, many) images that can be stitched into one very large image. (The “gig”a in Gigpan is a reference to the size of the final image — greater than 1 Billion pixels.) Think very, very big prints, easy 360 degree images, etc., all from a point and shoot camera. Sample images (including a cool gigapixel image of the Obama inaguration) here. Unfortunately it only accepts point at shoot cameras a the moment, but apparently a model for larger SLRs is on the horizon.
I am surprised to note that the robot costs ~$ 250. The designers must not realize that when a piece of hardware touches a camera, they should charge four or five times what they otherwise would. I think I’m going to buy one of these . . .
