Frame Rate of 1,000,000,000,000 per second - no Kidding
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Blunt Force Trauma
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Frame Rate of 1,000,000,000,000 per second - no Kidding
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hitchcockgreen
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Re: Frame Rate of 1,000,000,000,000 per second - no Kidding
I saw this earlier today. Amazing.
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Blunt Force Trauma
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Re: Frame Rate of 1,000,000,000,000 per second - no Kidding
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More explanation and video at a TED talk.
Before you watch, and before you really try and run the numbers in your head. . . if light is pulsed and slowed to a one centimeter packet and takes 18 seconds to traverse a bottle of coke laid on its side, from bottom to top, how long would a .22 long round take to traverse the same distance at the same frame rate? An hour? A day? Several days?
I think you'll be surprised.
More explanation and video at a TED talk.
Before you watch, and before you really try and run the numbers in your head. . . if light is pulsed and slowed to a one centimeter packet and takes 18 seconds to traverse a bottle of coke laid on its side, from bottom to top, how long would a .22 long round take to traverse the same distance at the same frame rate? An hour? A day? Several days?
I think you'll be surprised.
"To learn who has no confidence in their convictions, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"
~Voltaire