Sunday, August 19, 2012

Photography At 1 Trillion Frames Per Second

How does light look in slow motion?
Ramesh Raskar presents femto-photography, a new type of imaging so fast it visualizes the world one trillion frames per second, so detailed it shows light itself in motion.



Via Kottke

Thanks Bruce!

4 comments:

Sharktooth said...

Interesting, but he didn't explain very well how they could get enough light to record an image at that speed.

The Nag said...

Don't ask me to explain it!

Sharktooth said...

Don't be silly, you're the NAG!

The Nag said...

I've given up trying to understand complicated concepts. I'm content to watch in slack jawed awe.