“I was trying to take an artistic photograph of chrome balls but this bugger flew in front of the lens!”

Rendered in Blender.
#b3d #optics #bokeh

If you want to see how dysfunctional Congress is, just read any MSM news site right now.

Nutshell: The Senate passed a bill to pay the TSA workers after a marathon session, sending the bill to the House. But of course, House hardline MAGA reps are killing the bill, and are poised to bail today for a two-week PAID vacation.

Meanwhile, most large U.S. airports are still experiencing 4-6 hour lines to get thru security.

With midterms approaching, this is not a good look for House GOP.

#Optics

With AI pushing data centres to their limits, the industry is shifting towards optical interconnects, which use light instead of electrical signals to enable high-speed, low-loss data transmission over longer distances.

Active in this space, KYOCERA recently introduced a new optoelectronic module supporting the PCIe 6.0 standard. Is this an important step forward in addressing performance and energy constraints?

https://www.movetheneedle.news/brands/kyocera-advances-ai-data-centre-performance-with-pcie-6-0-optical-module/

#AI #optics #technology #electronics #datacenter

Scientists involving the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light are investigating changes in field oscillations that occur when light interacts with indium tin oxide (ITO) nanocrystals. This enables a better understanding of the time dependence of the characteristic interaction between light and the nanocrystals.

More 👉 https://mpl.mpg.de/news/article/new-insights-into-optical-switching-processes-through-extremely-rapid-light-matter-interactions

#science #research #optics #physics

👁️ 🧠 This visual trick demonstrates how our #eyes and #brains prioritize contrast over accuracy.

When you watch the dot move across different backgrounds, your light-sensing cone cells become temporarily fatigued, creating an "afterimage" that makes the dot look like a #color that isn't actually there.

👉 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-color-is-this-dot-new-illusion-demonstrates-weird-vision-quirk/

#vision #science #neuroscience #biology #optics #psychology #illusion