Camera shooting at a trillion frames/sec can see photons move

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At the beginning of this video, Ramesh Raskar, associate professor at the MIT Media Lab, announces calmly:

We have built a virtual slow-motion camera where we can see photons, or light particles, moving through space.

Yeah, no biggie.

By Jason Kottke • Dec 13, 2011 at 11:47 am • photography physics science video

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