MIT Scientists develop camera that lets you *see* light moving

[superpatriotman]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwherrman/now-you-can-actually-see-light-moving-in-slow-mo

Scientists at MIT have developed a camera system so fast that it lets us watch light move...The system gathers image data at about a trillion frames per second — a normal camera shoots about 30, or 60

Femtocamera: http://web.media.mit.edu/~raskar/trillionfps/

video at link worth a look

[gordianot]

1. Wow are those photons particles or waves? k&r

A welcome break!

[FirstLight]

3. particles methinks

you can't measure both at the same time... and the image is only taking in bits of data as particles...at least that's what it looks like in the video.

The actual pic of the apple with the light wave washing over it is the data put into animation for better visualization... i think... but i could be terribly stupid and wrong lol

[gordianot]

6. One of the greatest things I have ever seen beyond my comprehension.

[EOTE]

4. Both, I believe.

At least that's what I've learned in my very brief foray into quantum mechanics.

[gordianot]

5. Natures contradiction into the magical as we try to measure it.

Fantastic!

[EOTE]

10. It will never cease to boggle my mind.

The double slit experiment helps to make this a bit more tangible, but I'll be damned if I can wrap my head around it.

http://physics.about.com/od/lightoptics/a/doubleslit.htm

[longship]

9. Neither... And both!

Photons act like particles. No they don't exactly.

Photons act like waves. No they don't exactly.

Thank you, Richard Feynman.

[FirstLight]

2. showing this to both my kids and my dad! ;)

so very cool.... I find it interesting that the image is somewhat flat, maybe not wholly 2 dimensional, but the depth of matter cannot be measured at the same time you are recording a photon as a particle.... is that the particle vs wave phenomenon? because you can never record both at once?

[Uncle Joe]

7. Fascinating.

Thanks for the thread, superpatriotman.

[superpatriotman]

8. My pleasure

I enjoy advancements in science.