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- Flip-Chip Integration of a GaSb Semiconductor Optical Amplifier W Si Photonics https://semiengineering.com/flip-chip-integration-of-a-gasb-semiconductor-optical-amplifier-with-a-silicon-photonic-circuit/ 3 comments
- A New Laser for a Faster Internet: A new laser developed by a research group at Caltech holds the potential to increase by orders of magnitude the rate of data transmission in the optical-fiber network—the backbone of the Internet. http://www.caltech.edu/content/new-laser-faster-internet 6 comments science
- Researchers at UCLA have built a cheap ($100), optics-free holographic microscope capable of detecting bacteria like E. coli in things like water, food, and blood. http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-09/hundred-dollar-holography-microscope-detects-bacteria-cheap 3 comments science
- Cicadas Are So Loud, Fiber Optic Cables Can ‘Hear’ Them -- "In 2021, scientists experimenting with fiber optics picked up a strange signal: the cacophony of cicadas. It could lead to a new way of monitoring insects." https://www.wired.com/story/cicadas-are-so-loud-fiber-optic-cables-can-hear-them/ 2 comments nature
- Chinese scientists take a step closer to 6G with optical switch https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/optical-switching-in-space-first-time 5 comments futurology
- Nokia today announced that it will supply IP Telecom with optical networking equipment to extend the operator’s data center cloud connectivity infrastructure among metro areas in Portugal. Another one ☝️ https://www.nokia.com/about-us/news/releases/2022/01/17/nokia-partners-with-ip-telecom-to-deliver-quantum-safe-data-center-connectivity/ 7 comments wallstreetbets
- Lumus Maximus 2K x 2K Per Eye, >3000 Nits, 50° FOV with Through-the-Optics Pictures https://kguttag.com/2021/05/24/exclusive-lumus-maximus-2k-x-2k-per-eye-3000-nits-50-fov-with-though-the-optics-pictures/ 9 comments hardware
- Nighttime Photovoltaic Cells: Electrical Power Generation by Optically Coupling with Deep Space https://robologiclab.com/anti-solar-panels-may-generate-power-at-night-soon/ 3 comments truereddit
- 'Optics matter.' National Guard deployments amid unrest have a long and controversial history https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/optics-matter-national-guard-deployments-amid-unrest-have-a-long-and-controversial-history 4 comments politics
- [Blake Wheeler] I’ve spoken up, now it’s time for me to listen, educate myself, and come up with a long term plan to continue this movement towards a better world for EVERYONE. - 10 Steps Towards Non-Optical Allyship https://twitter.com/biggiefunke/status/1268565344697933825?s=21 25 comments hockey
- Basic error reporting for optics https://yairchu.github.io/posts/optics-with-error-reporting.html 12 comments haskell
- Researchers have developed an optical switch that routes light from one computer chip to another in just 20 billionths of a second—faster than any other similar device. The compact switch is the first to operate at voltages low enough to be integrated onto low-cost silicon chips https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6467/860 21 comments science
- German electric car rental NextMove cancels €5 million (US$7.7 million) Tesla Model 3 order: Only every fourth Model 3 in the first 15 vehicles that Tesla delivered was without defects, ranging from optical to safety-related defects such as heavily damaged tyres or defective charge controllers https://www.electrive.com/2019/08/17/electric-car-rental-nextmove-cancels-tesla-order/ 20 comments worldnews
- [SPS] Modified an old 5.25" Apple floppy drive with an optical drive (DVD writer) and 2.5" SSD https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/cojewb/sps_modified_an_old_525_apple_floppy_drive_with/ 5 comments apple
- Swedish artist uses ARKit face-tracking to create fun optical illusion on iPhone X [Video] https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/02/iphone-x-optical-illusion/ 13 comments apple
- Fibre-optic metadevice for all-optical signal modulation based on coherent absorption (The metadevice has been tested at up to 40 gigabits per second) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-02434-y#sec2 6 comments science
- Optical clocks could redefine the length of a second http://phys.org/news/2016-05-optical-clocks-redefine-length.html 8 comments science
- Using nanometer-scale components, researchers have demonstrated the first optical rectenna, a device that combines the functions of an antenna and a rectifier diode to convert light directly into DC current. http://phys.org/news/2015-09-optical-rectennacombined-rectifier-antennaconverts-dc.html 10 comments science
- Just got a ps4. Can't get sound to work through optical. http://puu.sh/e2OCz/38559099f8.jpg 22 comments techsupport
- Discovered Inside Boston Statue: 113-Yr-Old Time Capsule - Fiber optic camera used to detect the capsule, which is in a sealed copper box size of a shoe box, secured to the sculpture with copper straps http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/09/23/time-capsule-found-inside-lion-statue-removed-from-old-state-house/swtlrrymdcgxll4fvamlnn/story.html 130 comments history
- What happens when a municipality can built a broadband network? One that is 20x faster than cable, for the same price. (Rockport opens fiber optic network for more affordable high-capacity Internet connections) http://bangordailynews.com/2014/08/13/business/rockport-opens-fiber-optic-network-for-more-affordable-high-capacity-internet-connections/ 5 comments technology
- Apple's 5.5-inch 'iPhone 6' to sport optical image stabilization, 4.7-inch version will not http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/06/24/apples-47-inch-iphone-6-will-not-feature-optical-image-stabilization-55-inch-version-will 55 comments apple
- Somalia's Al Shabaab Bans the Internet -- "Al Shabaab has reportedly banned the use of the Internet through mobile handsets and fiber optic cables throughout Somalia, giving telecommunications companies 15 days to comply with the order" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/01/somalias-al-shabaab-bans-internet 351 comments worldnews
- Sony and Panasonic to jointly develop next generation of optical discs. http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/the-disc-is-dead-long-live-the-disc-panasonic-and-sony-to-create-the-next-gen-300gb-optical-disc/ 39 comments technology
- r/india: YSK about Zenni Optical. http://www.zennioptical.com 27 comments india
- Laying fiber optic cable with the help of an old draft horse http://vtdigger.org/2011/05/22/draft-horses-the-transportation-method-of-choice-for-high-tech-fiber-optics-in-vermonts-remote-locations/ 4 comments technology
- Invisibility Cloak: Scientists Achieve Optical Invisibility in Visible Light Range of Spectrum http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110518085200.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28sciencedaily%3A+latest+science+news%29&utm_content=google+feedfetcher 53 comments science
- NC towns build municipal-owned fiber optic networks, Time Warner Cable and NC republicans promptly try to ban future attempts at this. Other states: don't let this happen to you. http://reesenews.org/2011/04/15/bill-could-affect-broadband-access/14860/ 77 comments politics
- New York University physicists have invented a new method to create extended and knotted optical traps in three dimensions. http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2011/03/15/nyu-physicists-creation-of-optical-knots-offers-potential-power-source.html 3 comments science
- Space photos reveal the weird optical illusion of the squished Moon http://io9.com/5740961/ 3 comments science
- If any of you are interested in optics and photonics, you should check out this online magazine. http://www.opfocus.org/ 7 comments science
- "You're Probably Not Expecting a Child to Run Out On the Road" - Cool optical illusion makes drivers slow down. http://www.woostercollective.com/2010/09/3d_optical_illusion_painted_on_street_to.html 3 comments reddit.com
- ? Could Scary 'Optical Illusions' Make Our Roads Safer ?!? http://thumbshift.wordpress.com/2010/09/17/3d-illusions-of-safety/ 12 comments bicycling
- The McCollough Effect - A Permanent Optical Illusion http://cheswick.com/ches/projects/me/index.html 53 comments cogsci
- Intel to Introduce a High Speed (10GB/sec) Optical Fiber Interface to Replace USB | Tech Magazine http://tech.bangladeshio.com/intel-to-introduce-a-high-speed-10gbsec-optical-fiber-interface-to-replace-usb-444.php 42 comments technology
- Optical Illusion: Focus on the red dot for a minute. http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/upload/2009/09/the_importance_of_perceptual_i/troxler.jpg 4 comments reddit.com
- PhD student develops technology to make broadband internet up to 200 times faster without having to install fibre optic cables. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22639169-421,00.html?&from= 63 comments science
- OPTICAL Illusions That Test Your Stress Level http://www.wonderfulinfo.com/amazing/optill/pg7.htm 3 comments reddit.com
- Amazing optical illusion [pic] - this is NOT an animation http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/mot_rotsnake/index.html 7 comments reddit.com
- Optical llusion - Spanish Castle http://www.johnsadowski.com/big_spanish_castle.html 5 comments reddit.com