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No matter how many times 3D displays emerge and fade, the tech refuses to die. Researchers from Soochow University have now developed a glasses-free 3D display prototype, which uses a series of nanostructured lenses to produce more realistic images tha… Continue reading Glasses-free 3D display extends viewing distance for more realistic images
Those of use hailing from the UK may be quite familiar with the Royal Air Force’s Tornado fighter jet, which was designed to fight in a theoretical nuclear war, and …read more Continue reading Beautiful Engineering In This Laser Unit From a Tornado Jet Fighter
A team from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany have developed a novel thumb-shaped touch sensor capable of resolving the force of a contact, as well as …read more Continue reading A Soft Thumb-Sized Vision-Based Touch Sensor
[IMSAI Guy] presents for your viewing pleasure, a nice video on the topic of optical filters and mirrors. (Video, embedded below) The first optical device is a simple absorption filter, …read more Continue reading All About Dichroic Optical Filters
A lamp used to be simple thing: just stick a filament in a glass bulb, pass a current through it and behold! Let there be light. A bigger lamp meant …read more Continue reading Is Your Flashlight a Lumen Liar? Build a DIY Integrating Sphere
It’s an age-old riddle: if you have a perfect sphere with a perfectly reflective inner surface, will light bounce around inside it forever? The answer is pretty obvious when you …read more Continue reading Cannonball Mold Makes a Dandy Integrating Sphere for Laser Measurements
Researchers in China have developed a new type of adaptive liquid lens that changes its focal distance when a voltage is applied. Made using a new electrically responsive fluid, the lens is small, lightweight, and could be easily manufactured for use i… Continue reading Electrically active fluid helps new liquid lens change focus
An innovative anamorphic illusion has taken the top prize in the annual Best Illusion of the Year contest. Twisting minds for 17 years the contest highlights the ways our brain can be tricked using simple perceptual illusions.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading The best optical illusions of the year 2021
The current state of the art of embedded motion sensing is based around micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) devices. These miracles of microfabrication use tiny silicon structures, configured to detect acceleration and …read more Continue reading Quantum Atomic Interferometer For Precision Motion Sensing
For those of us who remember old ball mice, they were a lot like modern optical mice except that they needed to be cleaned constantly. Having optical mice as a …read more Continue reading Smart Ruler Has Many Features