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HowTo: Photograph a Speeding Bullet

Dec 16, 2009 06:00 PM

In light of our recent post, Art Borne From the Barrel of a Gun, here's a thorough guide to building your own bullet capture system via robotics site Glacial Wanderer.

Says Hack a Day:

"A pair of IR sensors spaced two inches apart can capture and calculate the speed of a projectile. Couple this with a user-input distance from the sensor to the target and a microcontroller can extrapolate the exact moment to trigger a camera to catch a bullet in mid-air."

Circuit diagram of an electronic circuit with resistors and integrated circuits.

Exploding strawberry with smoke effects against a black background.

Previously, Speeding Bullet at 1,000,000 FPS.

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