AI Weirdness (Page 66)

Friday May 09, 2014

By Janelle Shane On May 09, 2014 - 1 min read

It resembles a mushroom cloud, but in fact, it’s one of our microscopic nanolasers, imaged under an electron microscope. These lasers are among the smallest in the world, so small you could fit a billion of them on an iPhone home button, small enough to one day fit easily

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By Janelle Shane On May 09, 2014 - 1 min read

It resembles a mushroom cloud, but in fact, it’s one of our microscopic nanolasers, imaged under an electron microscope. These lasers are among the smallest in the world, so small you could fit a billion of them on an iPhone home button, small enough to one day fit easily

Thursday May 08, 2014

By Janelle Shane On May 08, 2014 - 1 min read

Strange formations caused when high-energy plasma from a reactive ion etcher bombards semiconductor materials. We use the reactive ion etcher to carve out microscopic optical devices, like lasers and filters. Here, there’s no particular device that we were trying to make - we were just testing to see if

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By Janelle Shane On May 08, 2014 - 1 min read

Strange formations caused when high-energy plasma from a reactive ion etcher bombards semiconductor materials. We use the reactive ion etcher to carve out microscopic optical devices, like lasers and filters. Here, there’s no particular device that we were trying to make - we were just testing to see if

Friday May 02, 2014

By Janelle Shane On May 03, 2014 - 1 min read

The cliffs of fluffiness! Lashed by impossibly pointy nano-waves. The fluffy stuff at the top is actually photoresist, a glassy substance that we use to protect semiconductor from plasma bombardment when we’re doing our etching. Here, the photoresist protected the semiconductor below it from being etched away, making

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By Janelle Shane On May 02, 2014 - 1 min read

The cliffs of fluffiness! Lashed by impossibly pointy nano-waves. The fluffy stuff at the top is actually photoresist, a glassy substance that we use to protect semiconductor from plasma bombardment when we’re doing our etching. Here, the photoresist protected the semiconductor below it from being etched away, making

Saturday April 26, 2014

By Janelle Shane On April 26, 2014 - 1 min read

The color makeup of a fluorescent light, imaged through a spectrometer made of folded paper and a chunk of DVD. You can print and fold your own for free following the instructions here [http://publiclab.org/wiki/foldable-spec] (they also have a kit [http://store.publiclab.org/products/foldable-

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By Janelle Shane On April 26, 2014 - 1 min read

The color makeup of a fluorescent light, imaged through a spectrometer made of folded paper and a chunk of DVD. You can print and fold your own for free following the instructions here [http://publiclab.org/wiki/foldable-spec] (they also have a kit [http://store.publiclab.org/products/foldable-

Thursday April 24, 2014

By Janelle Shane On April 24, 2014 - 1 min read

Smiley face lasers! Now decorating our office door. Left half: Top view showing the light distribution in the lasers - these are whispering gallery modes [http://tmblr.co/ZP7VLs1AcrIut], where the light bounces around the laser’s perimeter. Right half: Diagram of the lasers (red), their glassy coatings (greenish), and their

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By Janelle Shane On April 24, 2014 - 1 min read

Smiley face lasers! Now decorating our office door. Left half: Top view showing the light distribution in the lasers - these are whispering gallery modes [http://tmblr.co/ZP7VLs1AcrIut], where the light bounces around the laser’s perimeter. Right half: Diagram of the lasers (red), their glassy coatings (greenish), and their

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