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Outside of very small applications, Nikola Tesla’s ideas about transmitting serious power without wires have not been very practical. Sure, we can draw microwatts from radio signals in the air …read more Continue reading Wireless Power: Here? Now?
Lasers are one of the tools physicians can lean on to tackle plaque buildup on arterial walls, but current approaches carry a risk of complications and can be limited in their effectiveness. By bringing ultrasound into the mix, scientists at the Univer… Continue reading Lasers and ultrasound combine to pulverize arterial plaque
When you’re lucky enough to have a dog in your life, you tend to overlook some of the more one-sided aspects of the relationship. While you are severely restrained with …read more Continue reading Point Out Pup’s Packages with This Poop-Shooting Laser
High-powered lasers have a hand in everything from manufacturing to deep space communications, and the ongoing development of more powerful versions calls for a rethink on the components responsible for steering their beams of light. This has a team of… Continue reading Diamond mirror withstands lasers powerful enough to burn through steel
There was a time when we thought a 50 MHz 486 was something to get excited about. In comparison, the computer this post was written on clocks in at about …read more Continue reading Building Petahertz Logic with Lasers and Graphene
You might think that anything to do with a soap bubble is for kids. But it turns out that observing light scattering through a soap bubble produces unexpected results that …read more Continue reading Light Whiskers from Soap Bubbles Is Real Science
Teledyne FLIR Defense has developed a multi-role laser designator called the StormCaster-DX. The military targeting system can be attached to a quadcopter small and light enough to be carried in a soldier’s rucksack.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, … Continue reading StormCaster-DX puts an aerial targeting laser in a soldier’s rucksack
Logic gates are the fundamental building blocks of computers, and researchers at the University of Rochester have now developed the fastest ones ever created. By zapping graphene and gold with laser pulses, the new logic gates are a million times faster than those in existing computers, demonstrating the viability of “lightwave electronics.”
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Continue reading Fastest-ever logic gates could make computers a million times faster
The world’s most powerful X-ray laser is ready for operation after a massive overhaul. A powerful upgrade to Stanford’s Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), LCLS-II uses temperatures colder than deep space to accelerate electrons to near light-speed and… Continue reading World’s most powerful X-ray laser now fires a million bursts per second
When most people think of 3D printing, they likely picture a relatively chunky object being built from the bottom up, one layer at a time. A new technique, however, allows much more intricate items to be produced – and it does so by changing the color … Continue reading New process changes color of laser light to 3D-print intricate items