3.2M views · Jul 26, 2012 · 11:02 · 1 HN recommender · 4 mentions · discussed 2012–2019
Ramesh Raskar presents femto-photography, a technique that captures a trillion frames per second, fast enough to show light itself moving through a scene. He discusses possible uses such as cameras that see around corners or inside the body.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN points to it as the clearest and most striking explanation of femto-photography, with animations that make it easy to follow whenever related imaging stories appear.
“Seriously, watch it. Very cool.”HN comment, 2012
“Seriously, watch it. Very cool.”
TED demo of trillion-fps camera showing light moving, even appearing to flow backwards.
Indeed! You should see time flowing backwards in this YouTube video at this timecode: this video Seriously, watch it. Very cool.
“did a TED talk on it 2 years ago”
Ramesh Raskar's TED talk on the femto-photography project.
Not sure why exactly this is news. Ramesh Raskar, the head of the MIT team doing the project did a TED talk on it 2 years ago : this video
“has a TED talk that explains it in detail”
TED talk explaining in detail how the trillion-fps camera works.
The team behind the video of the coke bottle has a TED talk that explains it in detail: this video Edit: oops I misread your comment
“which had an animation showing how it was done for an ELI5”
Talk with an animated explanation of femto-photography and seeing around corners.
There was a similar technique discussed in a Ted Talk using femto-photography, which had an animation showing how it was done for an ELI5[0]. The talk contains references future technology to see around corners. This article may have been inspired by the talk, but it certainly makes it much more available for the rest of us. [0]: this video
