[B]Pictures from a a camera fast enough to show the effect of the motion of particles of light [/B]

At this year's [URL="http://conferences.ted.com/TEDGlobal2012/program/edinburgh.php"]TEDGlobal conference[/URL] (TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design) in Edinburgh this week, MIT scientists demonstrated some images recorder by their ultra high-speed femto-camera. This is a camera so fast that the effect of particles of light can be recorded as the travel through objects.

The camera can even image areas not in direct line of sight by recording tiny amounts of light energy that bounce around reflective surfaces adjacent to the targeted scene.

Scientists behind the project, Ramesh Raskar and Andreas Velten, said that Einstein might have enjoyed their camera.

Potential uses include an alternative to X-Ray imaging of the interior of solid objects, and for ophthalmic medical imaging. A commercial start-up company called NETRA (Near Eye Tool for Refractive Assessment) has already been set up to develop femto-camera-based equipment for ophthalmic use.