tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1854241 2012-01-17T08:03:34-08:00 Musings on the past, present, and future of optics by Dr. Kevin P. Thompson TypePad ora-blogs/orahttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily RotationDr. Kevin Thompson, from ORA, blogs: tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01156f183410970c016760af823d970b 2012-01-17T08:03:34-08:00 2012-01-17T07:36:05-08:00 Kevin Thompson As is often the case, I get a few minutes as the weekend starts to look at all those neat articles I didn’t delete during the week, hoping I would get to all of them on the weekend. Here is this...<br/> <br/> This blog is authored by Dr. Kevin P. Thompson, Vice President of Optical Engineering Services at Optical Research Associates (ORA). For the rest of the blog entry, visit "Idle Diffractions" at www.ora-blogs.com. http://www.ora-blogs.com/kevin/2012/01/who-needs-a-fireplace.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01156f183410970c0162fdcce76f970d 2011-12-14T10:06:10-08:00 2011-12-14T09:47:16-08:00 Kevin Thompson This is worth pausing on – yet another event on the timeline to smaller and faster. The folks at MIT, who appear to be the US answer to the Fraunhofer Institute, report in the New York Times today...<br/> <br/> This blog is authored by Dr. Kevin P. Thompson, Vice President of Optical Engineering Services at Optical Research Associates (ORA). For the rest of the blog entry, visit "Idle Diffractions" at www.ora-blogs.com. http://www.ora-blogs.com/kevin/2011/12/faster-than-a-speeding-bullet.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01156f183410970c015438351ddc970c 2011-12-12T10:21:18-08:00 2011-12-12T10:21:18-08:00 Kevin Thompson The latest issue of Information Display from the Society for Information Display (SID) has a couple of articles that are somewhat of a high-end Consumer Reports coverage of TVs, particularly plasma....<br/> <br/> This blog is authored by Dr. Kevin P. Thompson, Vice President of Optical Engineering Services at Optical Research Associates (ORA). For the rest of the blog entry, visit "Idle Diffractions" at www.ora-blogs.com. http://www.ora-blogs.com/kevin/2011/12/in-case-you-are-consuming-this-holiday-season.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01156f183410970c015392a157b9970b 2011-10-27T15:47:48-07:00 2011-10-27T15:45:55-07:00 Kevin Thompson Three items crossed through the ether on the weekend, one is somewhat long awaited (if you consider 5 years long), one that continues the march to making everything look inspiring, and one that even...<br/> <br/> This blog is authored by Dr. Kevin P. Thompson, Vice President of Optical Engineering Services at Optical Research Associates (ORA). For the rest of the blog entry, visit "Idle Diffractions" at www.ora-blogs.com. http://www.ora-blogs.com/kevin/2011/10/is-this-a-revolution-or-clutter.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01156f183410970c015392666bf3970b 2011-10-18T13:45:15-07:00 2011-10-18T12:18:30-07:00 Kevin Thompson This note was brought to my attention by Mark Kahan, as are many things. I must admit, after Jurassic Park one does occasionally consider what would the world be like if the dinosaurs had not decided...<br/> <br/> This blog is authored by Dr. Kevin P. Thompson, Vice President of Optical Engineering Services at Optical Research Associates (ORA). For the rest of the blog entry, visit "Idle Diffractions" at www.ora-blogs.com. http://www.ora-blogs.com/kevin/2011/10/this-note-was-brought-to-my-attention-by-mark-kahan-as-are-many-things-i-must-admit-after-jurassic-park-one-does-occasio.html