On an early weekend morning in December, a single truck will trek down San Francisco’s storied Market Street in the dark. From the Ferry Building—stolid survivor of the city’s 1906 and 1989 earthquakes—all the way to one of the few remaining brick-paved blocks near Octavia Boulevard, and then back. And then again. It’ll drive the route four times, each time peppering the city’s facades with millions of laser beams.
The goal? To create a perfect, three-dimensional map of the boulevard—just in time to completely redesign it.
Black holes are fascinating! So much has been written and speculated about them and yet, we know so little. That makes this mysterious phenomena all the more captivating. However, what if I told you that we could create a black hole? Or something that can get as close to being a real black hole yet. …
NRM: "A team of EU-funded scientists are harnessing the power of next generation lasers to create a light speed internet and remove any server over-capacity issues."
Apple is naming another recipient of funds from its $1 billion US Advanced Manufacturing Fund that it announced earlier this year. Finisar, a company that manufactures vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs), is receiving $390 million as part of Apple’s new program to fuel job creation among American manufacturers.
Apple is currently using lasers to power Face ID, Animoji, portrait mode selfies, and even the proximity sensing on the company’s AirPods. Finisar is planning to open a manufacturing plant in Texas to create the VCSELs that Apple requires for its products. Apple says 100 percent of the VCSELs that the company purchases from Finisar will be made in Texas.
