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World’s most powerful spy camera built by Chinese scientists can ‘recognise faces from space’

Camera lens. Photo: Getty

Camera lens. Photo: Getty

Anthony Cuthbertson

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Scientists in China have built the world’s most powerful spy camera, capable of recognising people’s faces from low-Earth orbit.

The technology, developed by a team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Aerospace Information Research Institute, could set new standards for global surveillance, offering millimetre-level resolution from 100 kilometres away.

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