Alps Electric’s tiny new lens might just be the key to bringing on-board smartphone projectors to the mass market. The FLGS3 Series is a highly efficient 1 × 1mm square aspherical glass lens—the industry’s smallest. Alps harnessed technologies accumulated through more than 20 years serving the optical communication market—in the areas of optical design, mechanical …
Sliver® cells address the major issue relating to the uptake of solar electric systems – the cost. Sliver® cells use up to 90% less silicon compared with mono crystalline cells of equivalent output resulting in lower module costs. They generate up to 140 watts per square meter Sliver® solar cells are fabricated using 1 – …
When aluminum is alloyed with the right proportions of scandium and lithium through a simple series of heat treatments, nanoparticle inclusions form in the aluminum matrix (dark background) whose cores, made of aluminum, scandium, and lithium (dark circles), vary in diameter and whose shells, made of aluminum and lithium (bright rings), vary in thickness. But …
Arxiv – The principle of relative locality (12 pages) * what is phase space? It is a curious eight-dimensional world that merges our familiar four dimensions of space and time and a four-dimensional world called momentum space. * When you look at the world around you you don’t ever observe space or time – instead …
Duke electrical engineers have developed a man-made material that they say literally allows them to manipulate light at will. They say that the results of their latest proof-of-concept experiments could lead to the replacement of electrical components with those based on optical technologies, which should allow for faster and more efficient transmission of information, much …
Cold Fusion Now has gone through the Krivit’s third report Although most of the criticisms have been made elsewhere, Krivit has helpfully (for those critical of Rossi’s claims, at least) provided a clearinghouse for them. The arguments supporting Krivit’s claim that the E-Cat achieves an energy gain of only one or two times input power …
The n-bit quantum adder Arxiv. Reversible Logic Arithmetic logic unit design proposal Quantum computer requires requires quantum arithmetic. The sophisticated design of a reversible arithmetic logic unit (reversible ALU) for quantum arithmetic has been investigated in this letter. We provide explicit construction of reversible ALU effecting basic arithmetic operations. By provided the corresponding control unit, …
Siemens researchers have improved on their own record for wireless data transfer using white LED light. (back in 2010) In collaboration with the Heinrich Hertz Institute in Berlin, they have achieved a data transfer rate of up to 500 megabits per second (Mbit/s), significantly bettering the previous record of 200 Mbit/s. Wireless data transport by …
1. According to Google’s own help document the addition of gaming to the service might not be that far away. But early adopters of Google+ hoping to escape the Hand of Zynga shouldn’t despair just yet, and here’s why. Game updates will have their own separate stream. 2. Google’s new social service will throw open …
Graphene grains come in several different shapes. Hydrogen gas controls the grains’ appearance. A new approach to growing graphene greatly reduces problems that have plagued researchers in the past and clears a path to the crystalline form of graphite’s use in sophisticated electronic devices of tomorrow. Findings of researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak …
Some academics have written an 8 page paper about exascale computing and the end of Moore’s law. Marc Snir et al try to make the case that * We will hit the end of Moore’s law in mid-2020 with 7 nanometer lithography chips. * spintronics may not be ready in time they call for * …