<s>
The	O
Cromemco	B-Algorithm
Cyclops	I-Algorithm
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
1975	O
by	O
Cromemco	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
all-digital	B-Device
camera	I-Device
using	O
a	O
digital	B-Algorithm
metal	B-Architecture
–	I-Architecture
oxide	I-Architecture
–	I-Architecture
semiconductor	I-Architecture
(	O
MOS	O
)	O
image	B-Algorithm
sensor	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
digital	B-Device
camera	I-Device
to	O
be	O
interfaced	O
to	O
a	O
microcomputer	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
digital	B-Algorithm
sensor	O
for	O
the	O
camera	O
was	O
a	O
modified	O
1kb	O
dynamic	O
RAM	B-Architecture
(	O
DRAM	O
)	O
memory	B-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
that	O
offered	O
a	O
resolution	O
of	O
32	O
×	O
32	O
pixels	B-Algorithm
(	O
0.001megapixels	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cyclops	B-Algorithm
Camera	I-Algorithm
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Terry	O
Walker	O
,	O
Harry	O
Garland	O
,	O
and	O
Roger	O
Melen	O
,	O
and	O
introduced	O
as	O
a	O
hobbyist	O
construction	O
project	O
in	O
the	O
February	O
1975	O
issue	O
of	O
Popular	O
Electronics	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
month	O
earlier	O
the	O
MITS	B-Architecture
Altair	I-Architecture
8800	I-Architecture
microcomputer	B-Architecture
had	O
been	O
introduced	O
in	O
this	O
same	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roger	O
Melen	O
formed	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Harry	O
Garland	O
to	O
produce	O
the	O
Cyclops	B-Algorithm
Camera	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
other	O
products	O
for	O
the	O
Altair	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
1976	O
MITS	O
introduced	O
the	O
Cromemco	B-Algorithm
Cyclops	I-Algorithm
Camera	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
peripheral	O
for	O
the	O
Altair	O
Computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cyclops	B-Algorithm
Camera	I-Algorithm
used	O
an	O
innovative	O
image	B-Algorithm
sensor	I-Algorithm
that	O
was	O
actually	O
a	O
modified	O
MOS	O
computer	O
memory	B-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
with	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
scans	O
the	O
Cyclops	O
could	O
produce	O
a	O
digital	B-Algorithm
,	O
gray-scale	O
representation	O
of	O
the	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
solid-state	O
digital	B-Device
cameras	I-Device
are	O
ubiquitous	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
high-resolution	O
digital	B-Device
camera	I-Device
sensor	O
today	O
(	O
2019	O
)	O
may	O
contain	O
40million	O
sensor	O
elements	O
(	O
40megapixels	O
)	O
which	O
is	O
40,000	O
times	O
more	O
than	O
the	O
0.001megapixel	O
sensor	O
of	O
the	O
Cyclops	O
.	O
</s>
