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Understand motion magnification, a technique enabling researchers to monitor tiny vibrations in infrastructure
How does motion magnification help predict infrastructure damage?
graphs illustrating recorded oscillations of the Indonesian earthquake, 1977 vibration of a reed
View Christoph Kessler of the German Space Agency working on a helicopter's rotor blades to reduce the noise
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Understand motion magnification, a technique enabling researchers to monitor tiny vibrations in infrastructure
Learn how breakthroughs in motion magnification are enabling engineers to better...
Video: © Massachusetts Institute of Technology (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
How does motion magnification help predict infrastructure damage?
Overview of modern technology used to measure vibrations in building materials.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
View Christoph Kessler of the German Space Agency working on a helicopter's rotor blades to reduce the noise
Efforts to reduce the noise generated by a helicopter's rotor blades.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

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graphs illustrating recorded oscillations of the Indonesian earthquake, 1977
(A) Recorded ground motion for 20 hours at Whiskeytown, California, in the large...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
vibration of a reed
Visual representation of a reed's vibration.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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