New Stadium Lights Cut Down on Light Pollution and Complaints from Neighbors
On the left are the traditional stadium lights on a football field and to the right are the new lights. Source: Robert Anders, DTU As the number of outdoor sports arenas and stadiums increase, often in the middle of well-populated areas, so to do the complaints about their bright lights. As such, a researcher from DTU Fotonik has helped develop a solution: a new lens. Henrik Chresten Pedersen developed a lens that would keep the light focused only on the field while consuming
Crowdfunding a Consumable Spherical Water Bottle — the Ooho!
Image credit: Skipping Rocks Lab A team of entrepreneurs affiliated with Skipping Rocks Lab has started a crowdfunding effort to mass-market a consumable water bottling device that produces what they call the Ooho!— a spherical blob of water held in a thin membrane that is small enough to be popped into the mouth. The team is looking to raise a half-million dollars to market their idea, which they claim is an attempt to do away with plastic packaging waste. Skipping Rocks Lab
Brighter, Full-Color Holograms Viewed with Low Light
A 2-D hologram that can be displayed with just a flashlight. Source: University of Utah Researchers at the University of Utah have created an inexpensive way to create full-color 2-D and 3-D holograms that are far more realistic, brighter and can be viewed at wider angles than current holograms. The technology could enable a wide range of new applications to be developed for currency and identification badges or amusement park rides and advertisements. Projection of holograms
Welcome to the Jungle: Rockwell enhances the theme park experience
Karen Rockwell may have been good at math and science as a kid, but that doesn’t mean she had any interest in becoming an engineer. There was no way she was going to spend her days sitting alone behind a computer. But then her older brother set her straight. If she was looking for a career where she could work with people and help them, she needed to check out industrial engineering. This sounds like a strange fit—even the word industrial makes you think of manufacturing and
S1 E7: Disneyland Efficiency
How the happiest place on earth keeps the park lines entertaining and the churro cart in the perfect spot. Karen Rockwell shares the secrets behind Disneyland's efficiency. This episode is brought to you by Amazon Robotics. 9:18 | 5/1/19 | Season 1 #S1E7DisneylandEfficiency