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

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) · 12M views · 2011-12-12 · 2:47

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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.

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

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2011–2025

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bXVsbGVy · 2022-05 · Recommendation

Since you are finding about femto-photo today, I think you are gonna love this: [LINK] [VIDEO] By the way. Femto laser are somewhat common nowadays. They are used in eye surgery and microscopy. I even seem papers talking about using them in finger print scanners! See Optical coherence tomography for more info.

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jval43 · 2025-10 · Reference

The original MIT video from 2011: "Visualizing video at the speed of light — one trillion frames per second" [VIDEO] (project site: [LINK] ) He mentions this as the inspiration in his previous video ( [LINK] ).

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westurner · 2025-10 · Reference

"Visualizing video at the speed of light — one trillion frames per second" (2011; MIT) [VIDEO] "Single-shot real-time femtosecond imaging of temporal focusing" (2018) [LINK] "Filming the Speed of Light at 10 Trillion FPS" (2019; The Slow Mo Guys) [LINK]

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