Light particles in super slow-motion

[Stupebrett]

Thought this was kind of cool: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/camera-captures-light-particles-moving-through-space/story-fn7celvh-1226222286528

[Dacster13]

that's cool, I wonder how these people even come up with such ideas.

[chrisname]

I think they're usually trying to do something else, then something they weren't expecting happens and they're like, "Hey that was cool, let's think of something useful we can do with it".

In this case, though, it sounds like that's what they wanted.

[Dacster13]

you're probably right, just like how penicillin and some other things were discovered by accident.