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Old 08-14-2014, 12:54 PM   #9
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Default Re: Smart adventurers wear their eyes on the outside . . .

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Originally Posted by Anthony View Post
Since I don't have any recollection of what they might be, I'm not going to post them. Realistically, unless they're phased arrays or interferometers, both of which are fairly unlikely for this setup, all you get out of it is multiplying your scan rate by the number of observation systems (this assumes you have a separate dedicated computer or subprocess running each camera; if you don't have any extra processing power it's not going to get you much at all, though you might get some advantage just because possible targets are more visible from some angles than others).
Yeah, I wasn't having high hopes about the idea of using a swarm with lots of small sensors in the first place.
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