Japanese scientists invent floating 'firefly' light
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#2The first image is a composite, the actual light is not microscopic.
Re: Japanese scientists invent floating 'firefly' light
#3The first image is a composite, the actual light is not microscopic.
I think it's a long-exposure shot, with the LED moving around in space and blinking in a specific way to generate a floating R
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#4"New study links widespread ultrasonic 'firefly' devices with disappearing insect populations and [other unintended ecological disaster]." - Headline from 2042
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#5"New study links widespread ultrasonic 'firefly' devices with disappearing insect populations and [other unintended ecological disaster]." - Headline from 2042
"Hated in the Nation" was written in 2016.
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#6Five to ten years, eh?
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#7I assume they are pumping enough power to a single point to ionise the air and produce light.
Would that much ultrasonic power be enough to burn human skin?
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#9I assume they are pumping enough power to a single point to ionise the air and produce light. Would that much ultrasonic power be enough to burn human skin?
It's an LED on a tiny PCB with an inductive loop around it. One of the images in the gallery has a picture of it.
The ultrasonic puffs of air keep it suspended.
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#10Reminds me of Localizers from A Deepness in the Sky. That was a great book