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We’ve Been Giving the Parthenon’s Architects Credit for a Trick They Might Not Have Even Used (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: parthenon, greek architecture, ancient greece

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Razer refreshes the one-handed Tartarus Pro keyboard with improved switches (engadget.com)

2026-09-17 | by Lawrence Bonk | get Razer Tartarus Pro one-handed gaming keypad → | tags: razer, tartarus v2 pro, optical switches

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Fujifilm’s Instax Pal 2 is a tiny digital camera that may not disappoint (theverge.com)

2026-09-15 | by Andrew Liszewski | get Fujifilm Instax Pal 2 camera → | tags: fujifilm, instax pal 2, kodak charmera

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Necker, 1832: "An optical phænomenon on viewing a figure of a geometrical solid" (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-12 | by Necker | get Rubik's Cube 3x3 → | tags: zenodo, necker cube, optical illusion

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I flossed fake teeth with Dyson's tech-riddled CameraJet toothbrush (engadget.com)

2026-09-04 | by Mat Smith | get Dyson CameraJet Toothbrush → | tags: dyson, camerajet, oral hygiene

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Super-precise optical clocks in four nations tick in harmony (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-04 | get Casio Wave Ceptor atomic watch → | tags: optical clocks, super-precise clocks, national timekeeping

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Dyson CameraJet: The only toothbrush with a camera and a jet (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-02 | get Dyson CameraJet toothbrush → | tags: dyson, camerajet, gap optical targeting

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GoPro just avoided bankruptcy with a $285 million rescue deal (techspot.com)

2026-09-02 | by Kishalaya Kundu | get GoPro HERO13 Black action camera → | tags: gopro, starman optical, nasdaq

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GoPro Says It's Moving Into Data Centers As Part of a $285 Million Merger (slashdot.org)

2026-09-01 | get GoPro HERO13 Black action camera → | tags: gopro, starman optical, data centers

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Fluorescent lamps (don't) have ears (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-01 | get Adafruit TSL2591 light sensor breakout → | tags: fluorescent lamps, tscm, james bond

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GoPro joins AI bonanza with pivot into data centers as shares skyrocket 40% (cnbc.com)

2026-09-01 | by Cj Haddad | get GoPro HERO13 Black → | tags: gopro, ai data centers, starman optical

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GoPro joins AI bonanza with pivot into data centers as shares skyrocket 38% (cnbc.com)

2026-09-01 | by Cj Haddad | get GoPro HERO13 Black action camera → | tags: gopro, starman optical, ai data center

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GoPro to be acquired for $285M, will remain a public company (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-01 | by Sean O'Kane | get GoPro HERO13 Black → | tags: gopro, starman optical, action camera

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GoPro says it's moving into AI data centers as part of a $285 million merger (engadget.com)

2026-09-01 | by Kris Holt | get GoPro HERO13 Black → | tags: gopro, starman optical, optical transceivers

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Dyson Blasts Into Dental Care With a $499 Camera-Equipped Toothbrush (cnet.com)

2026-09-01 | by Anna Gragert | get Dyson CameraJet toothbrush → | tags: dyson, camerajet, gap optical targeting

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Dyson's CameraJet is a $500 three-in-one toothbrush that scans your maw (engadget.com)

2026-09-01 | by Cherlynn Low | get Waterpik Sonic-Fusion 2.0 flossing toothbrush → | tags: dyson, camerajet, machine learning

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Dyson’s Next Act Is an Electric Toothbrush With a Camera (wired.com)

2026-09-01 | by Julian Chokkattu | get Waterpik Sonic-Fusion 2.0 flossing toothbrush → | tags: dyson, camerajet, endoscope

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A Tiny 'Rainbow On a Chip' Could Help Supercharge 6G Networks (slashdot.org)

2026-08-30 | by Posted | get fiber optic cleaning kit → | tags: rainbow on a chip, 6g networks, microresonator

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Physically Immutable Optical Archive Libraries (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-30 | get Verbatim M-DISC BD-R 25GB archival → | tags: optical archive, libraries, physically immutable

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MIT tech powered the Artemis II livestreams (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-25 | by Ariana Gaines | get Celestron NexStar 4SE telescope → | tags: orion, nasa, mit

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Sony reminds players they don't actually own the PlayStation games they purchased (techspot.com)

2026-08-25 | by Daniel Sims | get PlayStation 5 Disc Drive → | tags: playstation, sony, playstation store

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Poetry for Engineers: Safe Distance (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-08-23 | by Danica Radovanović | get Neil Gaiman & Chris Riddell "The Sandman" — no → | tags: fiber optics, undersea cables, network latency

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Physicists Entangle Quantum Memories Across a Record-Breaking 420 Kilometers (slashdot.org)

2026-08-19 | tags: quantum memories, optical fibers, physical review letters

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λλ: A Programming Language for Silicon Photonics (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: silicon photonics, programming language, tech companies

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Observation of conformal field theory spectra in a quantum simulator (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-19 | by Sun | tags: sr atoms, optical tweezers, rydberg states

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The 90-year history of the binoculars bolted to scenic overlooks (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | by Dale Baskin | tags: tower optical, binocular viewfinders, norwalk connecticut

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Nintendo GameCube discs were small for a reason (engadget.com)

2026-08-16 | by Dave Meikleham | tags: nintendo gamecube, minidvds, dolphin emulator

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Catastrophic optical disc shattering blamed on cleaning chemicals and packing foam — another data preservation concern to add to bit rot and laser rot (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-15 | by Mark Tyson | tags: optical disc, compact disc, polycarbonate

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How optical interconnects and silicon photonics emerged as AI's next hot commodity — looming US-China summit puts photonics into the crosshairs (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-12 | by Etiido Uko | tags: optical interconnects, silicon photonics, nvidia

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Ultrafast temporal engineering of optical properties using terahertz light (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: terahertz light, optical properties, temporal engineering