Can we freeze time? It's not like how it is in #ScienceFiction movies. By projecting patterned light onto a scene and capturing the resulting intensity variations with a single-pixel detector, researchers reconstructed a detailed image without needing a traditional camera sensor. Virtually "freezing time," the method captures clear images of rotating objects by aligning with their repetitive motion. This is much like painting a sunrise over several days, where each time the sun rises, the artist paints a small part of the scene. Even though the sun moves continuously, it is possible to capture the whole picture by setting an alarm to sync with the sun's daily return. Read more under Celebrations* [This video illustrates the synchronized illumination strategy used in the new method. It shows how the structured pattern is switched to the next pattern as soon as the blades rotate completely. This is key to achieving virtual time freezing.] #ScienceAndTechnology #MayTheFourth #Sta...