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A camera that shoots millions of frames per second: now that’s a powerful motor drive!

Researchers at UCLA have come up with "…serial time-encoded amplified microscopy (STEAM) technology enables continuous real-time imaging at a frame rate of more than 6 MHz, a shutter speed of less than 450 ps and an optical image gain of more than 300 — the world’s fastest continuously running camera, useful for studying rapid phenomena in physics, chemistry and biology…".

You can read more here.

A \whole new meaning to ‘air guitar’: 3D computer interface

Some enterprising young whipper-snappers have come up with a Theremin-like virtual interface you can use to interface with various applications using gestures.  For instance, you can ’scratch records’ without actually having any turntables or records.  And it’s all done with sensors that track your movements in 3 dimensions.

Watch the video below:

3D Computer Interface from Free Flow on Vimeo.

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