Pretty much every self-driving car on the road, not to mention many a robot and drone, uses lidar to sense its surroundings. But useful as lidar is, it also involves physical compromises that limit its capabilities. Lumotive is a new company with funding from Bill Gates and Intellectual Ventures that uses metamaterials to exceed those limits, perhaps setting a new standard for the industry.
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XGenomes is bringing DNA sequencing to the masses
As healthcare moves toward genetically tailored treatments, one of the biggest hurdles to truly personalized medicine is the lack of fast, low-cost genetic testing. And few people are more familiar with the problems of today’s genetic diagnostics tools than Kalim Mir, the 52-year-old founder of XGenomes, who has spent his entire professional career studying the […]
View More XGenomes is bringing DNA sequencing to the massesFirework-shooting laser plane is absolutely ridiculous
Whoever is flying this firework-spitting plane must have laser focus.
Guests of the Avalon Airshow in Melbourne were treated to a wild laser and fireworks show earlier this month when a plane literally shot lasers at them. The multitasking …
Nobel Prize goes to laser-wrangling physicists, including first woman to be honored in 55 years
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to a trio of researchers whose work in lasers enabled all kinds of new experiments and treatments. Arthur Ashkin is the primary recipient, sharing the prize with Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland; notably, the latter is the first woman to receive the prize (in physics, to […]
View More Nobel Prize goes to laser-wrangling physicists, including first woman to be honored in 55 yearsA woman has just won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the first time in 55 years
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The Nobel Prize in Physics has just been awarded to three scientists for their “groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics.” And, for the first time in more than half a century, a woman — Donna Strickland — is one of the winners.
Canadian Donna Strickland, Gerard Mourou from France and American Arthur Ashkin will share the £998,662.97 [$998,662.97] prize.
BREAKING NEWS⁰The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the #NobelPrize in Physics 2018 “for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics” with one half to Arthur Ashkin and the other half jointly to Gérard Mourou and Donna Stricklandpic.twitter.com/PK08SnUslK
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View More A woman has just won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the first time in 55 yearsLunewave is pitching a new sensor offering better vision for autonomous vehicles
The investment arms of BMW and the Chinese search technology giant, Baidu, along with a large original equipment manufacturer for the auto industry and a slew of technology investors have all come together to back Lunewave, a startup developing new sensor technologies for autonomous vehicles. The $5 million seed round which the company just closed […]
View More Lunewave is pitching a new sensor offering better vision for autonomous vehiclesNASA’s climate-monitoring space laser is the last to ride to space on a Delta II rocket
This weekend, NASA is launching a new, high-tech satellite to monitor the planet’s glacier and sea ice levels — with space lasers, naturally. ICESat-2 will be a huge boon for climatologists, and it’s also a bittersweet occasion: it will be the final launch aboard the trusty Delta II rocket, which has been putting birds in the air for nearly 30 years.
View More NASA’s climate-monitoring space laser is the last to ride to space on a Delta II rocketFarmers are now using literal lasers to scare birds away from their crops
Scarecrows might make for a nice aesthetic, but the latest trend in keeping pests away from crops sounds like something straight out of Star Wars.
Lasers are now the newest trend helping blueberry and raspberry growers in the Pacific Northwest …
Meet Dr. Laser — the mastermind behind holography’s past and future
Jason Arthur Sapan, more commonly known as Dr. Laser, is the last professional holographer in NYC and, well, probably the world. Dr. Laser takes us on a journey through the world of lasers, holographs, and how this seemingly simple marriage of art and…
View More Meet Dr. Laser — the mastermind behind holography’s past and futureInside Atari’s rise and fall
By the first few months of 1982, it had become more common to see electronics stores, toy stores, and discount variety stops selling 2600 games. This was before Electronics Boutique, Software Etc., and later, GameStop. Mostly you bought games at stores that sold other electronic products, like Sears or Consumer Distributors. Toys ’R’ Us was a big seller of 2600 games. To buy one, you had to get a piece of paper from the Atari aisle, bring it to the cashier, pay for it, and then wait at a pickup window behind the cash register lanes.
View More Inside Atari’s rise and fallInside the technology that helps self-driving cars “see”
Luminar wants to help autonomous cars “see.” They use LiDAR sensors to produce accurate, real time 3D map of the environment. Each color represents the different distances. Read more…More about Cars, Mashable Video, Self Driving Cars, Car, and…
View More Inside the technology that helps self-driving cars “see”Watch a laser-powered RoboFly flap its tiny wings
Making something fly involves a lot of tradeoffs. Bigger stuff can hold more fuel or batteries, but too big and the lift required is too much. Small stuff takes less lift to fly but might not hold enough energy to do so. Insect-size drones have had that problem in the past — but now this RoboFly is taking its first flaps into the air, thanks to the power of lasers.
View More Watch a laser-powered RoboFly flap its tiny wings