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New MIT Camera Takes 3D Photos in the Dark

Posted by Unknown on from the point-clouds-in-the-dark dept.

smf28 writes "In a recent research paper published in Science, a team of researchers at MIT describe a new imaging technique that produces three-dimensional photos with only a single photon per pixel, using essentially one-hundredth the light of the best existing imaging technologies. The researchers say the technology could have a wide variety of low-light imaging applications from military to biological use."

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  1. Definition of "Dark" by sunderland56 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    > a single photon per pixel

    Isn't that "low light", not dark? Dark == zero photons.

  2. New Camera? Nope. by enoz · · Score: 4, Insightful

    New MIT Camera Takes 3D Photos in the Dark? Nope... see TFA

    “We didn’t invent a new laser or a new detector,” notes Kirmani. Instead, he explains, the team applied a new imaging algorithm that can be used with a standard, off-the-shelf photon detector.

    Even with this technology the /. editors would remain blind /rant