Infrared Headphones
Engineering / Breakthroughs
Infrared headphones use infrared light to carry an information signal from a transmitter to a receiver. Sounds simple enough, but the actual process is very complicated. The human ear gathers sound as continue reading this fact
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Airbags
Engineering / Inventions
An automobile airbag is a safety device: its sole purpose is to prevent an occupant of the vehicle from impacting with the surrounding structure. Typically, in a collision, Newton's laws of motion ten continue reading this fact
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A New Twist on Fiber Optics
Engineering / Breakthroughs
By twisting fiber optic strands into helical shapes, researchers have created unique structures that can precisely filter, polarize or scatter light. Compatible with standard fiber optic lines, these continue reading this fact
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