imaging
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Canon’s Experimental Video Sensor Sees The World In Utter Darkness
Back in March, Canon showed off an in-development video sensor that could capture the details of a scene in almost no light. The results were primitive, but impressive. A new video clip of fireflies in a dark forest shows the progresses Canon is making, and it’s pretty amazing.
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Taking X-Rays Of Women In Corsets Was A Haunting Use Of New Technology
Any tech that allows humans a new type of insight is inevitably turned on ourselves. We want to know what else we can find out from peering in on our bodies or minds in a new way. Of course, X-ray machines were pretty much used from the start for that purpose, but it’s amazing to…
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Stunning First Images From The World’s Most Powerful Digital Camera
Sitting on top of a mountain in Chile is the world’s most powerful digital camera. Known as the Dark Energy Camera, it has been fired up in an attempt to find the exotic stuff that gets all physicists excited. These are the first images it has produced.
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This Is What A Medical Scanner Looks Like Without Its Skin
CT scanners typically look like devices from Star Trek’s Enterprise. When you look at them without their smooth futuristic covers on, they look like tired engine parts from the Battlestar Galactica.