How to see around corners

This video shows how scientists at the MIT Media Lab () reconstruct a hidden object using scattered laser light. Future applications may include seeing in dangerous or inaccessible locations, such as inside machinery with moving parts, or in highly contaminated areas. Read the original research: Check out the researchers’ project URL: And first author’s web page ~velten/www/ Animations by Sam Woolf: Music by Jay Marsh Sign up for the Nature Briefing: An essential round-up of science news, opinion and analysis, free in your inbox every weekday.