Hacking 3D Images With LED Room Lighting and a Smartphone
Simple, yet smart LED illumination could provide 3D images for surveillance and robotic applications. As LEDs replace traditional lighting systems, they bring more smart capabilities…
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Holographic Display Improvements Poised to Enhance Virtual and Augmented Reality
Advances in both software and hardware could make holography viable for more applications. Researchers have developed a new approach that improves the image quality and…
Scientists Develop System for Visualizing Breath to Provide Insights Into COVID-19 Transmission
System provides practical method for measuring how breath travels when people talk or sing. A new method for visualizing breath that is exhaled while someone…
Simple New Way to Capture High Quality 3D Images of Live Cells and Organisms
New approach captures multifocus microscopy images with high speeds. Researchers have developed a simple method for simultaneously acquiring images at different depths with a standard…
Optical Matter Machine: Nanoscale Machines Convert Light Into Work
Based on optical matter, new machines could be used to move and manipulate tiny particles. Researchers have developed a tiny new machine that converts…
Solar Energy Isn’t Available in the Dark, So Researchers Designed an Efficient Low-Cost System for Producing Power at Night
Rooftop radiative cooling system could provide lighting power when solar energy is unavailable. Researchers have designed an off-grid, low-cost modular energy source that can efficiently…
Quantum Entanglement Demonstrated Aboard Orbiting CubeSat – Step Toward Space-Based Global Quantum Network
Advance poised to enable cost-effective space-based global quantum network for secure communications and more. In a critical step toward creating a global quantum communications network,…
Precision Spray Coating Could Enable Solar Cells With Better Stability and Performance
New approach offers practical way to make multilayer perovskite solar cells. Although perovskites are a promising alternative to the silicon used to make most of…
Precision Deformable Mirrors to Detect New Sources of Gravitational Waves From Deep Space
Improved deformable precision mirrors could improve sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors to help scientists detect new sources of gravitational waves from deep in space. Researchers…
High-Tech Contact Lenses Correct Color Blindness
Researchers apply metasurfaces to standard contact lenses for customizable color correction. Researchers have incorporated ultra-thin optical devices known as metasurfaces into off-the-shelf contact lenses to…
New Photon-Counting Camera With Record Speed and Resolution for 3D Image Capture
Megapixel image sensor could bring significant improvements to augmented reality and LiDAR systems for autonomous vehicles. Researchers have developed the first megapixel photon-counting camera based…
High-Performance Laser Fabrication Breakthrough Promises Low Cost Lasers
Lasers grown on microelectronics-compatible silicon are important step toward low-cost, smart, integrated mid-infrared photonic sensors. For the first time, researchers have fabricated high-performance mid-infrared laser…
Chip-Based Quantum Key Distribution Devices Improve Quantum-Secured Communication
Researchers demonstrate fast and cost-effective platform for keeping data secure. Researchers demonstrated new chip-based devices that contain all the optical components necessary for quantum key…
New Flat Lens Enables Focus-Free Cameras With Drastically Reduced Weight, Complexity & Cost
New technology poised to drastically reduce weight, complexity and cost of cameras while increasing functionality. Using a single lens that is about one-thousandth of an…
Artificial Intelligence Can See Around Corners in Real Time
Detailed, fast imaging of hidden objects could help self-driving cars detect hazards. Researchers have harnessed the power of a type of artificial intelligence known as…
Combining Quantum Physics and Biology to Improve Enzyme Activity Measurements
Quantum Light Improves Sensitivity of Biological Measurements In a new study, researchers showed that quantum light can be used to track enzyme reactions in real…
New Ghost Imaging Nanoscopy Approach Captures the Details of Processes Occurring in Living Cells
Ghost imaging speeds up super-resolution microscopy: New nanoscopy approach poised to capture biological processes occurring inside cells at submillisecond speeds. Researchers have used advanced imaging…
New Printer Creates Extremely Realistic Colorful Holograms Using Lasers
Technology offers high-speed, high-quality printing that could be useful for architecture models, fine art, exhibits, and other applications. Researchers have developed a new printer that…