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Visualizing video at the speed of light — one trillion frames per second

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Visualizing video at the speed of light — one trillion frames per second

MIT Media Lab shows an imaging system capturing a trillion frames per second, fast enough to film light pulses travelling through objects in slow motion.

HN cites it as the original and still-wow reference whenever newer ultra-high-speed light imaging comes up.

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