Digital Technology Meets the Auras?

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Well, that was just a catchy title to bring some attention... Could have said "Human mimics octopus"? But this technology is amazing!

This new software amplifies variations in successive frames of video that are imperceptible to the naked eye. So, for instance, the software makes it possible to actually "see" someone's pulse, as the skin reddens and pales with the flow of blood, and it can exaggerate tiny motions, making visible the vibrations of individual guitar strings or the breathing of a swaddled infant in a neonatal intensive care unit.

See the video at: http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/02/27/science/100000002087758/finding-the-visible-in-the-invisible.html

And they've made the source code open for everyone: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/amplifying-invisible-video-0622.html