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While there are a number of optical systems that provide robotic hands with a sense of touch, most of those systems are flat, so they’re confined to the fingertips. A new MIT system, however, works along the entire length of each finger.Continue Readin… Continue reading GelSight Svelte tech gives robotic fingers a full-length sense of touch
Guiding lasers where they need to go is a key part of optics systems, and now engineers at DESY have developed a way to bend laser beams without anything touching them. The light is deflected using an invisible grating made of air shaped by acoustics.C… Continue reading “Invisible grating” bends laser using just air and sound
It’s common knowledge that lighter colors reflect more light than darker ones, which can limit the practical palette choices for your clothes, car or house in a warming world. Now, scientists have developed a new material, inspired by butterfly wings, … Continue reading Vibrantly colored film could massively passively cool cars and buildings
All I wanted to do was get rid of my glasses, but when my local laser eye surgery clinic recommended some odd-sounding advanced Presbyond treatment developed by Zeiss, I said sure, if that’s what the cool kids are getting. Here’s what’s happened.Contin… Continue reading Review: Presbyond surgery gave my eyes two different focal points
Scientists in South Korea have created what they call “the world’s smallest ball game,” throwing individual atoms between two optical traps. The research could eventually make for more adaptable and dynamic quantum computers.Continue ReadingCategory: S… Continue reading “World’s smallest ball game” tosses single atoms between light traps
Fair warning: if you ever thought there was nothing particularly interesting with optical viewfinders, prepare to have your misconception corrected by [volzo] with this deep-dive into camera-aiming aids that leads …read more Continue reading Interesting Optical Journey Results in Hybrid Viewfinder for Smartphones
This year’s Hackaday Supercon, the first since 2019 thanks to the pandemic, was a very similar affair to those of the past. Almost every hardware-orientated hacker event has its own …read more Continue reading Supercon Badge Reads A “Punch” Card
Engineers have set a new speed record for data transmission through a standard diameter optical fiber. By beaming 55 “modes” of signals down a single-core optical fiber, the team was able to transmit at a data rate of 1.53 petabits per second (Pbit/s)…. Continue reading Speed record shattered for data transmission over standard optical fiber
The speed record for data transmission using a single light source and optical chip has been shattered once again. Engineers have transmitted data at a blistering rate of 1.84 petabits per second (Pbit/s), almost twice the global internet traffic per second.
Category: Telecommunications, Technology
Tags: Photonics, Optical, Fiber Optic, Internet, Data, Data Transfer, World’s Fastest, Technical University of Denmark, Chalmers University of Technology, Light
Continue reading Record-breaking chip can transmit entire internet’s traffic per second
The speed record for data transmission using a single light source and optical chip has been shattered once again. Engineers have transmitted data at a blistering rate of 1.84 petabits per second (Pbit/s), almost twice the global internet traffic per second.
Category: Telecommunications, Technology
Tags: Photonics, Optical, Fiber Optic, Internet, Data, Data Transfer, World’s Fastest, Technical University of Denmark, Chalmers University of Technology, Light
Continue reading Record-breaking chip can transmit entire internet’s traffic per second