Wouldn’t it be great to see what’s around that corner? Whether it’s an oncoming car, or even worse, that EX you want to avoid. Well MIT’s new camera technology will be able to do just that. The camera uses a femtosecond transient imaging system Designed by Professor Ramesh Raskar and his team of researchers. What the new imaging system does is use an ultra short pulse laser that reflects off of one object to another and returns to the camera after which a special algorithm compiles the pulses into a 3D image. This all happens within a few picoseconds to give the user a near real time recreation of what the camera sees. “You could generate a map before you go into a dangerous place like a building fire, or a robotic car could use the system to compute the path it should take around a corner before it takes it,” said Raskar. The uses could also be implicated into the military as an invaluable tool for ‘room clearing’ giving soldiers increased safety by knowing exactly what or who is around the next corner. The new system is still in its early development but Professor Raskar hopes to refine the imaging system for a more accurate detailed picture in the next two years.
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