This is not clickbait. A research team has actually built an imaging system that can reach an effective speed of 685 billion frames per second. The cost is under $500. That sounds like a revolution in camera technology. The catch is that this is not a normal video camera. It captures a single very fast event, and only for a very short time.
Source: https://ymcinema.com/2026/05/05/500-camera-685-billion-fps-catch/