A team of researchers has decided to answer that question by creating a new scientific camera called SCARF, which stands for Swept-Coded Aperture Real-time Femtophotography. The creation of this ...

What does it look like when an endmill starts chattering? How about at 20,000 frames-per-second? I'm in the shop playing with a high speed camera, filming Online Carbide 1/4" 4FL variable helix end ...

Does a galloping horse ever have its four hooves off the ground? That question was the source of a significant controversy in the late 19th century. Eadweard Muybridge settled the matter in 1878 with ...

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INRS’s Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre has developed a new ultrafast camera system that can capture up to 156.3 trillion frames per second with astonishing precision. For the ...

Pushing for a higher speed isn't just for athletes. Researchers, too, can achieve such feats with their discoveries. A new device called SCARF (for swept-coded aperture real-time femtophotography) can ...

In gaming, frame rate -- measured in frames per second, or fps-- is king. That's been true for the 12 years I've been reviewing computer hardware and then some. Frames per second has ruled the roost, ...

Steam is getting a frames per second (FPS) counter and a few other new improvements, Valve has announced. For now, the new feature is available only if you choose to participate in the Steam Client ...