DHS Testing 360-Degree Video CameraS  You might think the
British have it bad, being caught on CCTV camera up to 300 times
a day each—but this new 360-degree video camera is being tested
by the US Department of Homeland Security right now.  The idea
is that the Imaging System for Immersive Surveillance (or ISIS,
for short) will capture all angles of the crime being committed
underneath, with the video being stitched together automatically
much like panoramic photos on a digital camera. Video footage
will be ultra-high-res, with the 100MP image sensor being "as
detailed as 50 full-HDTV movies playing at once, with optical
detail to spare," according to the DHS' Science and Technology
Directorate's Infrastructure and Geophysical Division's program
manager Dr. John Fortune.  It's been put through the ranks at
Boston's Logan airport since the tail-end of 2009, but the DHS
is now working on a smaller version able to shoot in even higher
resolution. Those 100-megapixels not enough, eh? [DHS via CNET]