Cancer is one of the most deadliest killers of our time, and we still haven't found a 100% cure that works on all different forms of cancer yet.
So the thought of a revolutionary new camera that can take 100 million photos per second to help researchers find a cure is just what the doctor ordered.
Currently being built at the Rosalind Institute,?this amazingly high-speed camera will allow medical researchers to capture video in unprecedented detail, letting them explore how light and sound can be utilized for the development of innovative medical treatments -- including finding a cure for cancer.
Because this camera will operate at 100 million frames per second, capturing 100 million photos every second, medical researchers will actually be able to see how a drug reacts with a cancer tumour at a microscopic level in real-time.
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According to a Digital Trends report, this is the first camera of its kind to capture 100 million individual frames per second at one megapixel resolution, while working across the spectrum -- not just in the visible spectrum of light that we can see, but all the way from infrared to ultraviolet, which is even more amazing.
As far as the cost of this camera is concerned, it will have an internal sensor valued at $2 million, which is basically going to be super super fast version of your digital camera's sensor. An additional $4 million of optical components and electronic parts will complete the rest of the camera assembly cost.
Hopefully, with the help of this 100 million fps camera, medical researchers will be a step closer to curing cancer once and for all.