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They’re heavily promoted. Your optometrist may even prescribe them. But when we looked at the evidence, this is what we found.
The electromagnetic spectrum we can access with current technologies is completely occupied. This means experts have to think of creative ways to meet our rocketing demands for data.
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Free space optical communication will allow the same connectivity in space we already have on Earth. And this will provide benefits across a number of sectors.
Two lenses might be better than one.
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There’s really no reason you can’t use binoculars to look into space – and in fact astronomers have been working on doing so for a long time.
Could there be a future with smaller, less bulky VR headsets?
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Using nanostructures on a flat piece of glass can make lenses smaller, lighter and much cheaper – while providing better image quality.