Cross sectioning insects in an electron microscope with a femtosecond laser [video]

94 points by surprisetalk 15 hours ago

Ben Krasnow is just awesome, highly recommend his channel if anyone is into this kind of thing.

dekhn - 7 hours ago

He stopped by my booth at Open Sauce yesterday, I let him know his work is awesome, inspiring, and also causes a little imposter syndrome. I'm just glad he shares his results with us!
djmips - 12 hours ago

He's into all kinds of things!

Oh wow, he's basically built a LASIK machine and operating it _inside_ the vacuum chamber of the SEM.

Femto second laser lightsabering through insect heads + electron microscope to provide an MRI style animation through the insect. All in what appears to be some guys garage done as hacker as hacker can be. It’s crazy cool.