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Optoelectronics
The optoelectronics category covers, but is not limited to, news around displays, lasers, LEDs, optocouplers and photodiodes.
Proposal to improve angular resolution of a telescope
In a paper published in the journal Optics Letters, from The Optical Society (OSA), a research team now proposes a…
Nanolaser doping gives performance edge
The performance of tiny lasers has been improved by adding impurities, in a discovery which will be central to the…
Coating developed creates functional micropatterns
Laser printouts on paper might be used as a platform for low-cost organic electronics, microfluidic, or sensor…
Tiny connected knobs smarten up your ordinary kitchen stove
Cooking is fun and delicious, but can sometimes be dangerous. According to The US National Fire Prevention…
Flexible electronics ‘flex’ their muscles
What’s inside of all your electronic devices? If you didn’t already know, the answer is stiff and rigid components…
Can this futuristic toothbrush clean your teeth in just 10 seconds?
Clean teeth in just 10 seconds? Seems a bit unrealistic, but an Italian start-up company is guaranteeing that kind…
Meet the 3D-printed, autonomous car with IBM Watson computing skills
As if being a 3D-printed vehicle wasn't cool enough, there's a new car on the road that's also autonomous and…
Dual-Color Red and IR Emitting Diode Saves Space
Vishay Intertechnology introduced a new dual-color red and IR emitting diode designed to save space in wearable…
This connected camera network will search for meteorites in France
In 2013, a large meteorite exploded above the Russian town of Chelyabinsk. This explosion led the public and…
MIT figures out how to turn electricity into light using graphene
Researchers from MIT have created an optical "sonic boom" by slowing down light to a speed slower than…