Japanese memory manufacturer Kioxia had an intriguing demo on show at Computex this year, in a next-generation “Optical” SSD design. These drives utilize light, rather than electricity, to transfer data between the drive and host system, offering greater signal integrity in the process. That makes it possible to run the …
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An international team of experimental physicists from the University of Queensland and Nokia Bell Labs has generated time reversed optical waves with a device capable of independently controlling all of light’s classical degrees of freedom simultaneously. Mounaix et al. develop a new technique to demonstrate the time reversal of optical …
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A team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis has taken images of a laser pulse generating an optical Mach cone: the equivalent of a sonic boom, but for light. To make an optical Mach cone, a pulse of light would need to be traveling faster than the waves …
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Physicists in Germany have developed a novel technique for trapping biological cells with a laser beam. Using this technique, the researchers obtained super-resolution images of chromosomal DNA within E. coli cells. Picture of the distribution of the genetic information in an E. coli cell. Image credit: University of Bielefeld. “One …
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At its press conference at this year’s CES, ASUS revealed a brand new smartphone for those who are really vested into mobile photography with the ZenFone Zoom. The Taiwanese manufacturer is also proclaiming the device as the thinnest smartphone on the market with 3X optical zoom – measuring at just under 12mm …
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The team of developers at Cronovo best in the UK have created a new smartwatch which provides over 15 functions and includes a heart rate monitor and unique fitness tracking and scoring system called VoFit. Check out the demonstration video below to learn more about the new Cronovo smartwatch …
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