Scientists have uncovered a new technology that could take searching the vast reaches of space for extraterrestrial life a speedier process. It’s called nulling interferometry, and it will give the world’s largest telescopes more power than even the Hubble in being able to see other planets similar to Earth.
Silicon is in every piece of electronic equipment we own. However, when Harvard physicist Eric Mazur discovered black silicon, the substance was found to be a whole lot more sensitive to light, which could spell serious improvements in consumer electronics and more.
Black silicon was discovered in the late 1990’s after a laser was shone on a silicon wafer that had sulfur hexafluoride on it. Once examined under an electron microscope, the wafer, which appeared black, had microscopic spikes all over it. This later proved to show an increased sensitivity to light. In fact, a “100 to 500 times increase in sensitivity to light compared to conventional silicon detectors,” was found and the technology is now being implemented in night vision systems.
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Apparently having a wider viewing angle notebook isn’t always beneficiary working in a tight cubicle environment or public hotsports location like Starbucks or bookstore. LG Display has developed a 14.1-inch laptop’s LCD panel with a privacy control feature; display with ability to change viewing angles, so the curious minds next to you wouldn’t be able to see the information displaying on the screen.
As we all know, forest fires cause a lot of damage. So wouldn’t it be great if the trees could tell us when they caught on fire? It makes for the ultimate in first response. Well, that is precisely what Voltree Power intends to do.
There are many security systems out there. Many have claimed to be unbreakable, until one day they are broken. Now a new network has entered the scene that claims to be unbreakable. It’s called quantum cryptography.
Ah, the marvels of science. Researchers at Keio University in Yokohama, Japan have happened upon something called the “spin Seebeck effect” which would mean big changes for our technological devices. Now, we’re still miles away from any product implementation here, but this is big news for what could be coming in the future.
We’ve known that the GeoEye-1 from Google, a satellite that’s controlled by the military would be launching soon. And now the camera on the device, which sports the highest resolution of any terrestrial camera, is now in orbit.
We’ve seen the JVC’s 1.75-inch LCOS-enabled D-ILA microdisplays back in May, a high pixel density device with high expectation to replace existing 10MP DLA-SH4K, a 4096×2400 pixel 4K2K D-ILA projector early next year. Here it is, Nikkie has a report of JVC’s newest 8K4K prototype beamer from Victor Company of Japan Ltd (JVC). A 35MP front-projector capable of displaying 8192×4320 resolution at ultra high contrast of 1.1 million to 1.
Wow. This is one big LED screen. In fact, it is to be the world’s largest LED screen and Tameer, a UAE development company will be getting this screen, which is meant to bring a little light to Dubailand city.
Novice user of camera on a phone are less likely to know the relation between shutter speed and blur images. In general, the faster the shutter speed the more accurately you can freeze actions to avoid blur image. Unfortunately most camera phone doesn’t allow basic operation like aperture, shutter, and ISO control – images shot at low light condition are potentially blur. Epson Toyocom Corp has developed a new anti-shake technology based on the relation without the high cost of optical or sensor-based image stabilizer.
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