Sci/Tech [Video] How MIT's Laser Camera Can See Around Corners

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Back in late 2010, MIT Media Lab announced that it was working on technology that would allow a camera to see around corners and image objects that were never in its direct line of sight. Now, the lab has released a video explaining exactly how they do this and showing the technology in action.

Briefly, the system works by firing rapid femtosecond laser pulses--pulses so short they are measured in quadrillionths of a second--at a surface opposite the obscured object it is trying to image, like the wall opposite a doorway for instance. The laser light bounces off the wall and scatters. Some of that light hits the target object and likewise scatters. And some of that light ends up bouncing back off the wall and finding its way back to the camera sensor.

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Video: How MIT's Laser Camera Can See Around Corners

Back in late 2010, MIT Media Lab announced that it was working on technology that would allow a camera to see around corners and image objects that were never in its direct line of sight. Now, the lab has released a video explaining exactly how they do this and showing the technology in action.
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That looks pretty nice. But i dont know, the image is not very accurate right now. Still needs some more research i guess.
 
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ofc there will be research, else we will all resemble as the Michelin mascot.
 
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What's with everyone and "quadrillionths" of a second now? o.0
I'm going to MIT for their GAMBIT summer programme soon ^^
Cool to see how insane their people are.
 
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This is amazing.

Can you guys really be asking for "more accurate" images... That can come with time. The algorithms can get better, the camera can be improved... more exposure time and more points would most likely be needed. I'm sure they are working very hard... Pretty impressive to me at least.
 
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