Forget The Black Hole Picture- Check Out The Sweet Technology That Made It Possible by Maggie Koerth-Baker via @FiveThirtyEight

Forget the black hole picture. Check out the sweet technology that made it possible.
Astronomy isn’t the only field that deals with converting sparse data into images. From medicine to helping self-driving cars avoid potholes, the algorithms EHT researchers developed could have some pretty interesting applications.

This TEDxBeaconStreet presentation was also really interesting to listen to.

I agree with the linked article - there are many potential uses for the Algorithms the team developed.