Marissa Stonefield

Autonomous driving systems are beginning to make their mark in the world, but questions still remain concerning everything from how different their embedded sensor and perception technologies work together, to how safe these systems really are. These are the types of questions that the LETI research institute of CEA Tech attempted to address when creating its sensor fusion solution intended for autonomous driving applications. This Q&A with...  Continue Reading..

Nearly 90 years after physicists John von Neumann and Eugene Wigner predicted that certain wave states are able to remain perfectly confined, or bound, in an open system, this wave physics phenomenon - called bound states in the continuum (BIC) - has been demonstrated by researchers at the University of California (UC) in San Diego in the form of the world’s first BIC laser. This Q&A discusses the design process and unique...  Continue Reading..

Light is considered a driving force for countless innovative and maturing technologies, such as solar cells, lasers, microscopy, and spectral imaging. Unfortunately, light has always ridden “shotgun” next to the optical components controlling the application. So, what would happen if we considered light as the literal “driver” of a device’s movements? This article covers new technology for an instrument made from a...  Continue Reading..