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Modern streaming meets old hardware — make any screen a smart TV

Turn dated TVs into smart streaming hubs with simple adapters and plug-and-play devices. Older televisions may feel like they ...
IEEE

Optical mode converter integration with InP-InGaAsP active and passive waveguides using a single regrowth process

Abstract: A new method for integration of optical mode converters with InP-based photonic integrated circuits is described and demonstrated. The mode converter is integrated to a Sampled Grating DBR ...

Home theater hack: Connect a new soundbar to an old TV

Don’t toss that tube TV! By connecting an aging TV to a soundbar, you can give your older set a massive audio boost, complete ...
C&EN

Utilizing a Solvatochromic Optical Agent to Monitor the Polarity Changes in Dynamic Liver Injury Progression

Institute of Fluorescent Probes for Biological Imaging, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250022, People’s ...
IEEE

4-Bit All-Optical Serial-to-Parallel Converter With Sub-dB/cm Delay Lines Based on Rib Waveguides

Abstract: This paper extends our previous work on the microring resonator-type serial-to-parallel conversion scheme aimed for all-optical label processing on the silicon photonic platform. In the ...
GIGAZINE

A method to convert optical mouse vibrations into audio data has been developed, with the accuracy to enable eavesdropping on commercially available mice

A group of researchers at the University of California, Irvine, has come up with a way to use the sensors in an optical mouse to pick up subtle vibrations and convert them into audible data. They've ...