{"id":247236,"date":"2026-11-13T03:10:37","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T09:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/ultrafast-3d-imaging-captures-fleeting-motion-at-150000-frames-per-second"},"modified":"2026-11-13T03:10:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T09:10:37","slug":"ultrafast-3d-imaging-captures-fleeting-motion-at-150000-frames-per-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/ultrafast-3d-imaging-captures-fleeting-motion-at-150000-frames-per-second","title":{"rendered":"Ultrafast 3D imaging captures fleeting motion at 150,000 frames per second"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A research team from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), led by professor Jinyang Liang, is pushing the limits of ultrafast imaging with a new technology capable of capturing three-dimensional images at speeds of up to 150,000 frames per second. Published in the journal <i>Nature Communications<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-026-78478-w\" target=\"_blank\">this study<\/a> establishes a new world record in profilometry.<\/p>\n<p>The breakthrough could transform the way scientists observe and measure extremely fast, hard-to-reproduce phenomena. The technology, called C-BLIP (chromatically band-limited illumination profilometry), makes it possible to visualize collisions, aerodynamic motion and ultrasonic vibrations in three dimensions. It could find applications in fields ranging from mechanics and aerodynamics to microfluidics, high-rate material testing and additive manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>Using C-BLIP, the researchers successfully captured and measured a variety of transient phenomena, including the collision between a projectile and a turbofan blade, the aerodynamics of a falling maple samara and the vibrations of a loudspeaker membrane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A research team from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), led by professor Jinyang Liang, is pushing the limits of ultrafast imaging with a new technology capable of capturing three-dimensional images at speeds of up to 150,000 frames per second. Published in the journal Nature Communications, this study establishes a new world record [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1522,1635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-innovation","category-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}