Super-resolution images from blurry snaps

http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13128
New algorithms can make super-sharp images from a series of low-resolution pictures - squeezing more out of a camera's sensor.

Video provided by Loïc Baboulaz and Pier Luigi Dragotti
http://www.commsp.ee.ic.ac.uk/~lbaboula/
http://www.commsp.ee.ic.ac.uk/~pld/

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[TravisMorien]

This technique has been around for a while. Do Google searches for the terms "astrophotography" and "webcam" and you'll see that plenty of amateur astronomers use this for planetary photography in particular, using modified webcams and readily available astronomy software.

[mamolian]

Using this technique they went from a 50x50 sized picture to a 500x500 :P The video cant really show you the improvement.. check the website perhaps it shows more.

[RoboticusMusic]

THAT WASN'T EVEN SCIENCE IT WAS PHOTOSHOPPE!!!

[liquidus2172]

maybe you can use this technology to upscale your 240p video to 1080p ¬¬

[xzacq]

1:0 to CSI fanboys

[danielodors]

@migleycow - hey, it's not exactly sharp. I could interpolate the pixels to make the moon the size of a wall while loosing the pixelated look, but that doesn't mean it would be a million times improved or sharper. I do admit that it got sharper, but not sharp enough for the picture's size. So you can't just say it's "100 times improved" from the pixel difference. 5 times improved is a more realistic number. It's possible to get a (significantly) sharper image, but you need many more pictures.

[scarface1567]

i wish i was a werewolf

[Ozzy0sbourne]

WTFHAX!!?!!?

[sidthemyth]

and the ring is a consequence of what exactly?! or what is that?

this shouldn't be viewed as an image, but rather some 3d or 4d thingy...

[akaalgorithm]

AWE inspiring!

I love it and the idea is so simple.

Is there software I can get for this?

Thanx so much for posting.

[artifactingreality]

To get that improvement they had to have 60 pictures of the moon all in slightly different positions. Not exactly practice.

[migleycow]

480X480 isn't sharpest, but from 48X48 - aka super pixelated puny image? 100 times improvement in resolution is very nice, try finding one like that (and wanna post link to it for varification?) If not, STFU.