Adafruit has announced the arrival of its new fiber optic light sources and side-light fiber optic tubes which can be powered by 9-12V and 100mA of current include a metal body that acts as a heat ...

Schematic diagram and microscopic observation of an optical fiber doped with rare-earth atoms. The fluorescence from the entire optical fiber can be seen. (b) Schematic diagram and microscopic ...

Brainiac75] is a fan of fiber optic lamps, except for one thing—they’re often remarkably dim. Thus, they set out to hack the technology to deliver terrifying amounts of light while still ...

Light does a lot of work in the modern world, enabling all types of information technology, from TVs to satellites to ...

This multimeter integrates the function of the fiber optic power meter and fiber optic light source, it can be switched the function by choosing accordingly button on the device menu. In the past, ...

They distribute data and can separate cells from one other. But can they adequately light a room? Photos: Fiber optics lighting the way Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he ...

Intel's fibre-optic Light Peak technology, which is supposed to replace the profusion of cables attached to computers, will start off by using copper, not light, to transmit data. The absence of light ...

Researchers have taken an important new step in advancing the performance of resonator fiber optic gyroscopes, a type of fiber optic sensor that senses rotation using only light. Because gyroscopes ...