Optics & Imaging · Recorded milestone
Hyperspectral imaging
Recorded year1987
NASA's AVIRIS splits every pixel into hundreds of colour bands, revealing minerals, plant health and gases from the air.
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Led to
- Methane-tracking satellitesRecorded · 2016enables
- Fully robotic recycling plantsForecast · ~2028enables
- Air sensed molecule by moleculeForecast · ~2030enables
- Hyperspectral phone camerasForecast · ~2030enables
- Hyperspectral satellite constellationsForecast · ~2030enables
- AI-found ore depositsForecast · ~2031enables
- Every tree monitoredForecast · ~2046enables
- Every artwork recorded in full detailForecast · ~2047enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.