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:

  1. Sharktooth4:43 pm

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

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  2. The Nag5:13 pm

    Don't ask me to explain it!

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  3. Sharktooth7:51 pm

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

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  4. The Nag7:56 am

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

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