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On 16 May 1960, Ted Maiman used silver coated mirrors, a ruby crystal and a photo flash gun to create the first working laser... Brian Culshaw, author of Introducing Photonics, 2020, explains what makes a laser so useful and introduces a number of the laser's vast applications.
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‘A transducer for separating waves on the basis of the frequencies’ or ‘electric filters’ is an interesting but wide study area on account of their ever-increasing areas of applications. Traditionally, filters are classified on the basis of type of passive or active components used which decided their useful frequency range of operation. For example, […]
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Authors, Carol Frieze and Jeria L. Quesenberry debunk five common myths on the Gender Gap in Computing
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A professor of Business Innovation and an experienced entrepreneur, Dick Whittington reflects on a weakness of STEM degree programmes in the modern world – and how he’s addressing it with his textbook Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
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To explore the issues surrounding energy flow and consumption in the modern day, you must first understand the basic science of energy. Washington Taylor and Robert L. Jaffe are Professors of Physics at MIT, and have written a textbook on the topic.
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For the 100th anniversary of Richard Feynman's birth Tony Hey author of The New Quantum Universe 2nd Edition, 2003 looks at the accomplishments and legacy of this infamous physicist as well as his personal and professional history with Richard Feynman
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For the 150th anniversary of Marie Curie's birth Tony Hey author of The Computing Universe, 2015 looks at the life and legacy of the first computer programmer Ada Lovelace.
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Machines that listen to us, hear us, and act on what they hear are becoming common in our homes.. So far, however, they are only interested in what we say, not how we say it, where we say it, or what other sounds they hear. Richard Lyon describes where we go from here.
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