Using the railway network as a flatbed scanner [video]

(media.ccc.de)

16 points | by Jimmc414 2 hours ago ago

10 comments

  • jo-m 35 minutes ago ago
    • contr-error 13 minutes ago ago

      The former is in the prior art section at 2:24!

  • slipheen 41 minutes ago ago

    I love this so much! This is such a cool hack, just for the sake of it. Amazing hacking and amazing art!

    In the preso, she has said the full size output is on the website-

    can anyone see what that link is? I didn't find it on the video page, but I might've just missed it.

  • ted_dunning an hour ago ago

    It would have been pretty easy to use a horizontal line scanner to get image speed.

    In any case, it seems that using a full frame video would be much easier to post process since frame to frame correlation tells you everything you need to know about motion.

    • xnx 14 minutes ago ago

      One of the first scripts I vibecoded did exactly this. It works well, but is limited by framerate when there's high motion.

    • leni536 12 minutes ago ago

      I'm not sure that video would have been easier to postprocess. At what fps and shutter speed?

  • lalalandland an hour ago ago

    Using the camera as a scanner has a long history in satellite cameras and other aerial photography

  • sciencesama an hour ago ago

    they need to connect with the skunkworks team, they solved this problem on sr 71 long time back !