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Let me guess; 20 years for a sensor to appear from this?
On 2020-10-05 18:58, RichA wrote:
https://www.osa-opn.org/home/newsroo...photodetector/ Or none at all. It's a long way from the lab to a commercially viable product. -- "...there are many humorous things in this world; among them the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages." -Samuel Clemens |
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Let me guess; 20 years for a sensor to appear from this?
On Mon, 5 Oct 2020 19:39:32 -0400, Alan Browne
wrote: On 2020-10-05 18:58, RichA wrote: https://www.osa-opn.org/home/newsroo...photodetector/ Or none at all. It's a long way from the lab to a commercially viable product. Do you remember when lasers were 'an invention looking for an application'? -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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Let me guess; 20 years for a sensor to appear from this?
In article , Eric Stevens
wrote: https://www.osa-opn.org/home/newsroo...ltrafast_full- spectrum_photodetector/ Or none at all. It's a long way from the lab to a commercially viable product. Do you remember when lasers were 'an invention looking for an application'? not even remotely similar. |
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Let me guess; 20 years for a sensor to appear from this?
On 06/10/2020 17:21, Alfred Molon wrote:
In article ec681ae6-62b5-4543-9015- , says... On Monday, 5 October 2020 at 19:39:40 UTC-4, Alan Browne wrote: On 2020-10-05 18:58, RichA wrote: https://www.osa-opn.org/home/newsroo...photodetector/ Or none at all. It's a long way from the lab to a commercially viable product. True. We all know about carbon nanotubes and remember, "the space elevator!!" Not quite as bad as battery research where for some time almost weekly they were announcing a breakthrough. But would be great if they managed to bring this into actual production and the sensor performed well. The equivalent now seems to be fusion. Every month or two there are optimistic articles in the press saying "This could be it!". Presumably prompted by those looking for financial backing. |
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Let me guess; 20 years for a sensor to appear from this?
On 2020-10-05 22:15, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Mon, 5 Oct 2020 19:39:32 -0400, Alan Browne wrote: On 2020-10-05 18:58, RichA wrote: https://www.osa-opn.org/home/newsroo...photodetector/ Or none at all. It's a long way from the lab to a commercially viable product. Do you remember when lasers were 'an invention looking for an application'? The earliest patent applications note various potential uses so you'll need a different analogy. -- "...there are many humorous things in this world; among them the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages." -Samuel Clemens |
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Let me guess; 20 years for a sensor to appear from this?
On 2020-10-06 15:35, newshound wrote:
On 06/10/2020 17:21, Alfred Molon wrote: In article ec681ae6-62b5-4543-9015- , says... On Monday, 5 October 2020 at 19:39:40 UTC-4, Alan Browne wrote: On 2020-10-05 18:58, RichA wrote: https://www.osa-opn.org/home/newsroo...photodetector/ Or none at all. It's a long way from the lab to a commercially viable product. True.Â* We all know about carbon nanotubes and remember, "the space elevator!!" Not quite as bad as battery research where for some time almost weekly they were announcing a breakthrough. But would be great if they managed to bring this into actual production and the sensor performed well. The equivalent now seems to be fusion. Every month or two there are optimistic articles in the press saying "This could be it!". Presumably prompted by those looking for financial backing. Commercial fusion energy is a mere 20 years away. And has been for nearly 60 years. (That said, recent advances in incredibly powerful magnets are making it more and more likely). -- "...there are many humorous things in this world; among them the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages." -Samuel Clemens |
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Let me guess; 20 years for a sensor to appear from this?
On Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 8:45:41 AM UTC-4, Alan Browne wrote:
On 2020-10-06 15:35, newshound wrote: On 06/10/2020 17:21, Alfred Molon wrote: In article ec681ae6-62b5-4543-9015- , says... On Monday, 5 October 2020 at 19:39:40 UTC-4, Alan Browne wrote: On 2020-10-05 18:58, RichA wrote: https://www.osa-opn.org/home/newsroo...photodetector/ Or none at all. It's a long way from the lab to a commercially viable product. True.Â* We all know about carbon nanotubes and remember, "the space elevator!!" Not quite as bad as battery research where for some time almost weekly they were announcing a breakthrough. But would be great if they managed to bring this into actual production and the sensor performed well. The equivalent now seems to be fusion. Every month or two there are optimistic articles in the press saying "This could be it!". Presumably prompted by those looking for financial backing. Commercial fusion energy is a mere 20 years away. And has been for nearly 60 years. Ditto for Directed Energy weapons... (That said, recent advances in incredibly powerful magnets are making it more and more likely). Same, although the recent change in DE has been in higher power solid state devices; state of the art is looking at 50kW laser systems which now are only a couple of cubic meters and weigh only a couple of tons (including prime power & cooling). But its still decades from a Star Trek phaser / Star Wars blaster pistol. -hh |
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Let me guess; 20 years for a sensor to appear from this?
On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 08:43:53 -0400, Alan Browne
wrote: On 2020-10-05 22:15, Eric Stevens wrote: On Mon, 5 Oct 2020 19:39:32 -0400, Alan Browne wrote: On 2020-10-05 18:58, RichA wrote: https://www.osa-opn.org/home/newsroo...photodetector/ Or none at all. It's a long way from the lab to a commercially viable product. Do you remember when lasers were 'an invention looking for an application'? The earliest patent applications note various potential uses so you'll need a different analogy. It's not an analogy. Its a quote. I quoted from memory but according to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser "When lasers were invented in 1960, they were called "a solution looking for a problem".[75]". My point is that it is it took a long time before it became the ubiquitous thing it is today. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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Let me guess; 20 years for a sensor to appear from this?
On 2020-10-08 20:10, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 08:43:53 -0400, Alan Browne wrote: On 2020-10-05 22:15, Eric Stevens wrote: On Mon, 5 Oct 2020 19:39:32 -0400, Alan Browne wrote: On 2020-10-05 18:58, RichA wrote: https://www.osa-opn.org/home/newsroo...photodetector/ Or none at all. It's a long way from the lab to a commercially viable product. Do you remember when lasers were 'an invention looking for an application'? The earliest patent applications note various potential uses so you'll need a different analogy. It's not an analogy. Its a quote. I quoted from memory but according to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser "When lasers were invented in 1960, they were called "a solution looking for a problem".[75]". Quoting an patty or ignorance position from 1960 when, in 1959, practical uses for lasers had already been proposed amidst patent applications, doesn't fly very much. Wikipedia is fantastic, but cherry picking data from it is not wise. -- "...there are many humorous things in this world; among them the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages." -Samuel Clemens |
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