We so really get a chance to glimpse at the future. With innovation being so slight, one must wonder the possibility of motion microscopy.

It is human nature to explore the world we live in. we describe the world in many fields. But beyond the obvious, we have been able to expand our view of the world to the microscopic level. All thanks to Robert Hooke.

Now, Michael Rubinstein has taken it a bit further. He has developed a video-processing microscope that can detect the minute changes in colour, position and movement of objects in space.

Excitement can only be an understatement for a tech head like me. So let’s get right to it…

+1 Easy Diagnosis…

As blood passes under our skin, from and towards the heart, the colour of the skin changes. It changes ever so slightly that our eyes can barely notice. There is a pulse wave every second.

The amazing thing is the motion magnification that can capture this subtle changes to the effect that one can determine the heart rate. This technology is as accurate as the traditional methods of pulse monitoring.

So this makes me wonder…

Can I also detect changes in neural activity? Huntington’s disease is a genetic disease that causes involuntary and impaired body movements. This is just an example, but can you imagine the number of diseases that can be diagnosed with “video” microscopy.

What about other bodies?

What about machines, engines and electronics with moving parts? Definitely all these can be diagnosed… or troubleshot.

+2 He mentioned art…

So a student at Yale motion magnified stills and they came to life with small movements. That’s cool and all but…

Imagine if we magnified The Scream… and due to the small vibrations of the earth. What if he actually moves like a screamer?

I should patent this stuff…

+3 Surveillance

Now, for those of you that hate physics… am sorry. For those of you who are physics gurus… am sorry too.

Pressure is the force that is exerted on a surface area. The smaller the area the greater the pressure. The force itself increases with the pressure. Force has the ability to move things. And sure as hell didn’t they capitalize on that fact.

When we speak or sing. Our vocal cords change the pressure in the air by squishing the air molecules together and separating a few.

This change in pressures is called sound.

As I said the force can move things.

So what these geniuses from MIT came up with can revolutionize the way we think of safety and privacy.

Imagine you are in your room. Hiding away as you make that important and private call. You are probably whispering because even your room is not that secure.

There is a camera in your room… in your office anywhere. You are out of the view. Something else is in the view. However, the pen on the desk is still exposed.

The sound waves cause the vibration of the pen even if they are as slight as changes on the mountain.

Once magnified your whole conversation is for all to see and available to anyone with this technology.

You can only imagine the scenarios…

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