
Imaging at a trillion frames per second
• http://www.ted.com,Ramesh RaskarRamesh 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.
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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.
how different the world would be in EVERY way..
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