Pix @ Speed of Light

Scientists at the Washington University have come up with camera technology that surpasses every known camera in terms of speedy clicks. The new camera technology developed by a team led by Lihong V Wang is reported to take pictures a hundred times faster than regular cameras today. Now that is literally taking pictures faster than the speed of light.

Compressed Ultrafast Photography or CUP allows the camera to capture a record 100 billion frames per second. What’s more the speed does not affect the quality of the pictures taken, if anything the resolution of the images is better than the ones clicked by ordinary cameras. It is being called the world’s fastest receive only camera. That means it can use available light for imaging and does not need additional light. Say goodbye to the irritating flash pops.

The high speed of the camera makes this technology useful for studying ultra fast processes such as neurons firing, fuel burning, chemicals exploding, and a whole lot more if combined with a microscope. Needless to say the new camera technology exposed by this science project is likely to prove incredibly popular amongst the scientific community for future studies.