HardOCP News
[H] News
- Joined
- Dec 31, 1969
- Messages
- 0
You have to laugh at people smart enough to make lasers out of sound but can't come up with a better name than "phasers."
Because laser is an acronym for “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation,” these new contraptions – which exploit particles of sound called phonons – should properly be called phasers. Such devices could one day be used in ultrasound medical imaging, computer parts, high-precision measurements, and many other places.