News tagged with infrared sensor

Researchers produce ultra-short light pulses using on-chip microresonator

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Purdue University have designed and fabricated an on-chip microresonator that converts continuous laser light into ultra-short pulses ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

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Intel exploring ways to help Stephen Hawking speak

Intel Corp. is looking for ways to help famed British physicist Stephen Hawking reverse the slowing of his speech, according to a senior executive with the American chipmaker.

Technology / Other

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Butterfly wings inspire design of water-repellent surface

Researchers mimic the many-layered nanostructure of blue mountain swallowtail wings to make a silicon wafer that traps both air and light.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NASA develops new game-changing technology

Two NASA California centers have been selected to develop new space-aged technologies that could be game-changers in the way we look at planets from above and how we safely transport robots or humans through ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

Landsat's TIRS instrument comes out of first round of thermal vacuum testing

The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) that will fly on the next Landsat satellite came out of its first round of thermal vacuum testing Tuesday, Oct. 4 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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'Microring' device could aid in future optical technologies

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Purdue University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a device small enough to fit on a computer chip that converts continuous laser light ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

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European researchers driving road safety

Safety while driving is paramount, and Europeans are making efforts to ensure our well-being in vehicles - whether we are behind the steering wheel or in a passenger seat. The project partners have pushed ...

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Touch-screen steering wheel keeps drivers focused on the road

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from the University of Stuttgart, University of Duisburg-Essen and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence have created a prototype automotive steering ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

Pioneer previews integrated floating image display technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pioneer has recently conducted a demonstration of its floating image display technology, which is being called Floating Vision, that allows for a small sized 3D floating screen to be projected ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog

Scientists crack materials mystery in vanadium dioxide

(PhysOrg.com) -- A systematic study of phase changes in vanadium dioxide has solved a mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades, according to researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Let me hear your heart beat

(PhysOrg.com) -- What if monitoring your heart rate were as easy as listening to music while you jog? Thanks to advances in space technology, an iPhone will soon be able to do double duty: keep you in tune ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Non-contact sensors can detect a heartbeat up to a meter away

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sensors that can detect a heartbeat up to a meter away are now a reality thanks to a team of scientists at the University of Sussex.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 29, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

NASA completes critical design review of one Landsat instrument

NASA engineers have begun building hardware for a new Landsat satellite instrument that helps monitor water consumption — an important capability in the U.S. West where precipitation is sparse and water rights are allocated ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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Optical Refrigeration: Researchers Achieve Milestone in Laser Cooling

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of New Mexico have established a new low in temperature cooling through laser cooling of solids to cryogenic temperatures. Under an AFOSR, MURI grant, a team ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jan 19, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Using CNTs as infrared sensors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Semiconductors provide the bases for many different avenues of device research. Indeed, many of the technological devices that are commonplace in our society are reliant on semiconductors. However, as we ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

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