The Audacious Plan to Scan the Entire Planet with LiDAR

The Audacious Plan to Scan the Entire Planet with LiDAR

IRD Glass is an official BOROFLOAT® Distributor that is trusted by industry leading OEMs to process BOROFLOAT® into precision optical mirrors and other LiDAR components. If the story below is true, we’re likely to get real busy around here… The plan? Scan the...
Here’s What the Speed of Light Looks Like in Real Time

Here’s What the Speed of Light Looks Like in Real Time

Below we will share the impressions made and the deep thoughts provoked as the above GIF progressed to greater and greater distances.  Orbiting Earth The first part shows a beam of light orbiting the Earth. It makes the trip 7.5 times every second. The depiction...

Moore’s Law Doesn’t Fly for Optical Components, Sadly

“Moore’s law” may sound ancient. The name brings to mind a monk scrawling a theory of the universe in a mountaintop monastery. But it was actually written in the 1960s by Intel Corp. co-founder Gordon Moore, probably in an office park.  Moore’s law stated that the...
Transparent Wood is Good

Transparent Wood is Good

Scientists at Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology have created a transparent wood composite that allows light to filter though. The material could be used to replace glass windows in order to reduce energy costs. Wood is 10x better at insulating than...