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Super slow-motion camera can follow firing neurons

New Scientist Tech, Oct. 28, 2009

A camera sensor able to film action at 1 million frames per second to detect one-microsecond neuron signals has been developed by Delft University of Technology researchers.

The device uses an array of single-photon detectors, each connected to a stopwatch with 100-picosecond accuracy.


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