MIT Research Amplifies Invisible Detail In Video

Posted by Soulskill on Friday June 22, 2012 @07:41AM from the now-many-times-more-invisible-than-before dept.

An anonymous reader writes "MIT researchers have invented an algorithm which is able to amplify motion in video that is invisible to the naked eye — such as the motion of blood pulsing through a person's face, or the breathing of an infant. The algorithm — which was invented almost by accident — could find applications in safety, medicine, surveillance, and other areas. 'The system is somewhat akin to the equalizer in a stereo sound system, which boosts some frequencies and cuts others, except that the pertinent frequency is the frequency of color changes in a sequence of video frames, not the frequency of an audio signal. The prototype of the software allows the user to specify the frequency range of interest and the degree of amplification. The software works in real time and displays both the original video and the altered version of the video, with changes magnified.'"

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FINALLY CSI! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-22 07:51 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I've been waiting for the day when the CSI photo enlargement will finally stop being completely impossible!
FOCUS THERE
ENLARGE
FOCUS THERE
ENLARGE AGAIN
AGAIN
AGAIN
AGAIN
THAT ROLEX IS FAKE... HE KILLED HER!
CSI by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-22 07:53 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Oh my god! CSI is becoming believable!