News tagged with infrared signal

Brainput system takes some brain strain off multi-taskers

(Phys.org) -- A research team made up of members from Indiana University, Tufts and MIT and led by Erin Treacy Solovey, a has built a brain monitoring system that offloads some of the computer related activities ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Novel plasmonic material may merge photonic and electronic technologies

Helping bridge the gap between photonics and electronics, researchers from Purdue University have coaxed a thin film of titanium nitride into transporting plasmons, tiny electron excitations coupled to light ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A smarter way to make ultraviolet light beams

Existing coherent ultraviolet light sources are power hungry, bulky and expensive. University of Michigan researchers have found a better way to build compact ultraviolet sources with low power consumption ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

'Microring' device could aid in future optical technologies

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Purdue University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a device small enough to fit on a computer chip that converts continuous laser light ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Graphene may open the gate to future terahertz technologies

Nestled between radio waves and infrared light is the terahertz (THz) portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. By adding a nanoscale bit of graphene, researchers have found a better way to tune radiation for a THz transmitter.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

NASA satellite shows a mean Irene's fury

(PhysOrg.com) -- After pounding North Carolina and Virginia on Aug. 27, Hurricane Irene made a second landfall near Little Egg Inlet, N.J., early Sunday morning, Aug. 28, still as a category one hurricane ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dawn beams back asteroid science data

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Dawn spacecraft has completed a graceful spiral into the first of four planned science orbits during the spacecraft's yearlong visit to Vesta. The spacecraft started taking detailed observations ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

European researchers driving road safety

Safety while driving is paramount, and Europeans are making efforts to ensure our well-being in vehicles - whether we are behind the steering wheel or in a passenger seat. The project partners have pushed ...

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA: Songda becomes a super typhoon

As predicted, Typhoon Songda intensified and was a super typhoon with wind speeds estimated at over 130 knots ( ~145 mph) when NASA's TRMM satellite passed directly over head on May 26, 2011 at 0806 UTC (4:06 ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Let me hear your heart beat

(PhysOrg.com) -- What if monitoring your heart rate were as easy as listening to music while you jog? Thanks to advances in space technology, an iPhone will soon be able to do double duty: keep you in tune ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

New oil detection technique developed

CSIRO scientists have developed a revolutionary technique for the rapid on-site detection and quantification of petroleum hydrocarbons (commonly derived from crude oil) in soil, silt, sediment, or rock.

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hurricane Igor, unchained, in NASA satellite images

While its intensity has dropped slightly, massive Hurricane Igor remains a powerful Category Three storm, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 105 knots (115 miles per hour) as it continues on a projected ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Non-contact sensors can detect a heartbeat up to a meter away

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sensors that can detect a heartbeat up to a meter away are now a reality thanks to a team of scientists at the University of Sussex.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 29, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

For manufacturing simulation, Wii devices might be a perfect fit

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ready to give up on that new year's resolution to get in shape? If so, don't sell your Wii Fit on eBay just yet. Dr. Ming Leu might have a use for it - or for the remote, anyway.

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Up-scale: Frequency converter enables ultra-high sensitivity infrared spectrometry

In what may prove to be a major development for scientists in fields ranging from forensics to quantum communications, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a new, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 2