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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. Meh by bob_super · · Score: 5, Funny

    Doesn't matter, you WILL step on the Lego.

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

    > a single photon per pixel

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

    1. Re:Definition of "Dark" by Charliemopps · · Score: 4, Informative

      No, "Dark" means not enough light to see well with the human eye. It's "Dark" even when the moons out. What you're talking about is called "Absolute Zero" and if the room were that "Dark" you'd have a lot more problems than just seeing.

  3. 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

  4. Pffft by Tablizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can do that with a regular 3D camera. True, the results are all black, but it's 3D blackness, just like real life in a dark room.

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