LiDAR System That Fits on the Head of a Pin

LiDAR System That Fits on the Head of a Pin

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...
Hearing Voices? You May Not Be Nuts…

Hearing Voices? You May Not Be Nuts…

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...
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...
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...
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...