Sep 25, 2010

Nano antenna concentrates light


Condensed matter physicist Doug Natelson and graduate student Dan Ward have found a way to make an optical antenna from two gold tips separated by a nanoscale gap that gathers light from a laser. The tips "grab the light and concentrate it down into a tiny space," Natelson said, leading to a thousand-fold increase in light intensity in the gap. [more]

Sep 22, 2010

The pocket beamer is a reality!


Maher Kayal, professor at EPFL's Institute of Electrical Engineering presents the beamer of the future: 1 cm3 of technology that can be integrated into a portable computer or mobile telephone. Nicolas Abélé, technical director of Lemoptix, explains the future developments of this new device.

TSMC, Taiwan universities partner to cultivate semiconductor talent

TSMC, Taiwan universities partner to cultivate semiconductor talent: "TaiwanSemiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), Taiwan's National Cheng ..."