The Photomolecular Effect: Light Appears to be Capable of Evaporating Water Without The Use of Heat

The Photomolecular Effect: Light Appears to be Capable of Evaporating Water Without The Use of Heat

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) believes it has achieved an uncommon and startling discovery: light appears to be capable of evaporating water without the…
Google Gboard Will Feature Text Scanning Using OCR Technology

Google Gboard Will Feature Text Scanning Using OCR Technology

Gboard, Google’s keyboard software, is about to get an intriguing new feature based on Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. The most recent beta version 13.6…
Transistor Laser – a Semiconductor Device

Transistor Laser – a Semiconductor Device

Transistor lasers are semiconductor devices that work like transistors but have an electrical output and an optical output rather than the usual two electrical outputs.…
Hybrid Silicon Laser – a semiconductor laser

Hybrid Silicon Laser – a semiconductor laser

A hybrid silicon laser is a semiconductor laser made of silicon as well as group III-V semiconductor materials. It is a type of laser that…
Apple is Preparing for Prime Time

Apple is Preparing for Prime Time

I’m trying to recall the last time a company’s big event was broadcast on prime-time television in the same way that Apple’s 8 p.m. ET…
Electrochromic Device (ECD)

Electrochromic Device (ECD)

An electrochromic device (ECD) regulates optical properties such as optical transmission, absorption, reflectance, and/or emittance in a continuous but reversible manner when a voltage is…
Acousto-optical Spectrometer (AOS)

Acousto-optical Spectrometer (AOS)

The acousto-optical spectrometer (AOS) is based on the diffraction of light by ultrasonic vibrations. It is a sort of optical device used to analyze the…
Biosensor – an Analytical Device

Biosensor – an Analytical Device

A biosensor is an analytical device for detecting chemical substances that combines a biological component with a physicochemical detector. It is a device that combines…
Bio-inspired Robotic Locomotion

Bio-inspired Robotic Locomotion

Bio-inspired robotic movement is a relatively young subcategory of bio-inspired design. It is about learning insights from nature and applying them to the design of…
Review of Meta Quest 3

Review of Meta Quest 3

Meta’s Quest 3 has already been released for more than a week, and the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. In my own first impressions, I…
A New 3D-printed Tumor Model makes Cancer Therapy Faster, Less Expensive, and less Painful

A New 3D-printed Tumor Model makes Cancer Therapy Faster, Less Expensive, and less Painful

3D printing technology is rapidly being employed in medicine, including the creation of patient-specific tumor models. A multidisciplinary multinational team of researchers has developed a…
New Technology is ‘Game Changing’ for Diabetic Pregnant Mothers

New Technology is ‘Game Changing’ for Diabetic Pregnant Mothers

According to new research, automated insulin administration technology could be a game changer for type 1 diabetic pregnant women.  The ‘hybrid closed-loop system’ provides insulin…
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