Compact camera uses 25 color channels for high-speed, high-definition hyperspectral video

A traditional digital camera splits an image into three channels—red, green and blue—mirroring how the human eye perceives color. But those are just three discrete points along a continuous spectrum of wavelengths. Specialized “spectral” cameras go further by sequentially capturing dozens, or even hundreds, of these divisions across the spectrum.

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