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abedavis

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    Comment #12235149

    No worries. I totally understand (and invite) the skepticism. It's good to question this kind of press when you see it, and try to understand where the technology really is. I just…

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    Comment #12235005

    Hey, first author here. Good questions. The simulation runs in realtime, and is interactive. Generating the simulation can take a while though. The 5 second video took about a minu…

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    Comment #12230292

    A big part of it is that measuring the vibrations of large structures, like buildings or bridges, can be inconvenient and expensive. There are limited cases where you can measure n…

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    Comment #12230260

    Thanks so much! I really appreciate that :) And, in fact, I'm not at all upset about the original comment - I totally get where the skepticism comes from. Polish and substance are …

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    Comment #12229755

    I should also mention that the people at MIT CSAIL news are very good. They put a lot more attention into fact checking and making sure things are accurate than your average report…

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    Comment #12229703

    I am a grad student. If you consider how many hours I work, I probably make less than minimum wage. I am also the first author of the paper described in these videos, which my coll…

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    Comment #8132829

    The camera used in most of these experiments (a Phantom high speed camera) doesn't even have a microphone - so that would be quite impossible.

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    Comment #6642433

    Hi guys, I'm a PhD student at MIT and I turned my research into a free iOS app called Caperture. I hope some of you will like it. Cheers!

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