In this TED talk video, Ramesh Raskar, an MIT professor, and his team have created and
developed what is known as femto-photography. Basically this new type of photography can record videos at one trillion frames per second; this allows video recording at the speed of light. But what is so useful about this fascinating technology? According to Professor Raskar, this technology can help soldiers look around corners, without actually having to put their lives at risk. Professor Raskar uses his audience's appeal to logos wisely and shows a simulation of the femto-camera's use in the military to detect hostiles around corners or inside buildings. This appeal works mainly because Professor Raskar effectively used videos and pictures of the femto-camera in use, to allow the audience to see the usefulness of the femto-camera.
This TED talk is pretty interesting, and is worth the watch. Bits of jokes keep the audience's attention on the professor. The moment Professor Raskar made the statement that the femto-camera could record objects at the speed of light, I was just shocked. I was not able to imagine something at this microscopic of a scale. This visual reference to light, and the use of the femto-camera was what made this TED talk seem so realistic. This TED talk is just an awesome tool of rhetoric that Professor Raskar used to convey his point about the usage of the femto-camera in real time and the world.
Wow this sounds really interesting :)Did Raskar appeal to ethos or pathos? Is his main goal just to convince the audience that his camera is useful or does he want to persuade them to take action? Overall, this was a great rhetorical analysis :)
ReplyDeleteI think Raskar appealed somewhat to the pathos (Awe or Jaw-Dropping Effect), but I feel that his appeal to the audience's logos superseded the other's by a different magnitude altogether. I also think that he wants the audience to persuade them to take action, because at the end of the talk, he says "It's about time", and he clearly directs at the AUDIENCE. That is my opinion.
ReplyDeletePretty interesting. Seems like it would be a big help to the military. But why isn't your blog Sri's spectacular?
ReplyDeleteBecause I don't want stalkers on my page. Sid is generic, and even Smith said not to use our real names. Besides, how cool is Sid compared to Sri? Its good to have some change :)
DeleteThis is actually really cool and will greatly help the military in their missions and by the way you commented on your page as your name so now stalkers will now know who you are silly silly child
ReplyDeleteI trust you Rahul
DeleteI think of heard about this technology in some documentary a while back, it's pretty cool. The average civilian probably won't have access to it for years but it is still brilliant nonetheless.
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