by stephen | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
Geiger counters and other traditional radiation detection systems rely on a radioactive decay particle interacting directly with a detector. That means close proximity to radiation is necessary because the presence of decay particles drops sharply with distance. Now...
by stephen | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
IRD Glass creates all the LiDAR components that are essential to the function of these amazing devices — including entrance windows, precision optical filter substrates, beamsplitters and precision optical mirrors. This technology, which was first developed by NASA...
by stephen | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
Psst! Your fly is unzipped. This is just one potential use of the talking lasers being developed by the Defense Department’s Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate (JNLWP). It’s a laser that can “talk” using a physics phenomenon called the Laser-Induced Plasma...
by stephen | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
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...
by stephen | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
Good news for the bottom line. According to a recent survey, employees in the U.S., U.K., France and Germany rated working for a company with a strong company culture as more important than higher pay. Specifically, 56% of polled workers said culture was more...
by stephen | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
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...
