Μάρτιος 2018

Μια αμερικανική start up εταιρεία, η Light, δημιούργησε ένα μικρού μεγέθους κινητό τηλέφωνο το οποίο έρχεται να χαρίσει στους κατόχους του περισσότερο ελεύθερο χρόνο στον... πραγματικό κόσμο αποσυνδέοντας τους από το ιντερνετικό σύμπαν.

An engineer at the Public University of Navarre (NUP/UPNA) is proposing the use of synthetic images generated by means of a simplified simulation model that enables the quality of the topographic correction performed to be assessed in a straightforward, objective way.

Position sensors in the automotive sector represent a market of almost USD 4 billion. Graphene-enhanced ink formulations developed under the GRAPHENESENS project could soon cut their production cost by 45 % whilst increasing their lifetime.

Does the very high production cost of graphene mean that its potential cannot translate into actual benefits for commercial applications? Looking at a project such as GRAPHENESENS (Development of Graphene based Contact Position Sensors), we would be tempted to say no.

Researchers from CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian, Spain), in collaboration with the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC, San Sebastian, Spain) and Kansas State University (USA), report in Science the development of a so called 'hyperbolic metasurface' on which light propagates with completely reshaped wafefronts.

This scientific achievement towards a more precise control and monitoring of light is highly interesting for the long run technological challenge of miniaturizing optical devices for sensing and signal processing.