The man responsible for so many creative light art installations Bruce Monro has brightened a residential home in London with a commissioned piece, the Swing Low Chandelier. Installed in 2013, this linear translucent art/glass light ...
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A boroscope is an important and useful optical imaging and video device. It comes with a rigid tube, with an eyepiece on one end and an objective lens on the other end. The mechanism of the boroscope is simple. The objective lens forms an ...
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Scientists at the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) have created the strongest, lightest weight silica nanofibres – ‘nanowires’- that are 15 times stronger than steel and can be ...
IBM has invented a chip that combines photonics and silicon on a single 90 nanometer(nm)die,which is capable of transferring data at 25Gbps. The so-called silicon nanophotonics device(shown below)allows the integration of different ...
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Eni has launched the first prototype photovoltaic shelter developed by Eni researchers based on a new solar energy technology which allows to generate electricity through luminescent solar concentrators. The plant, which will be used as ...
Japan-A new purpose-built musical theatre has opened in Japan-situated between the eleventh and sixteenth floors of the new 1.27 billion dollar 34-storey Shibuya Hikarie glass tower in Tokyo. Connected to the Shibuya Station,Tokyu ...
Precision thin films analysis with Ocean Optics NanoCalc Systems Date Announced:18 Jul 2012 Ocean Optics'NanoCalc systems utilise spectroscopic reflectometry to accurately determine optical thin film thicknesses for ...
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