Videos tagged photonics
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Xue Han - Casting Light On Parkinson's Disease
Boston University bioengineer Xue Han uses a technique called optogenetics -- pulses of light that can control neurons -- to study Parkinson's disease. Video courtesy of WBUR.
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Photonics Center Town Hall
The BU Photonics Center hostead a Photonics Town Hall on February 22, 2013.
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ECE Day '12 - Team 6
Team 6: Personalized Lighting
Members: David Chang, Andrew DeNicola, Ian Koenigsknecht, Brian Meyers, and Thomas Murphy
Customer: Professor Thomas Little, Boston University
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Electrical Engineering PhD Creates Unique Guitar Pedals
Playing guitar gave John Snyder a respite from long hours babysitting experiments in a clean room in the basement of Boston University’s Photonics Center as he worked toward his doctorate in electrical engineering. A gearhead since high school, [...]Snyder (CAS’14, ENG’20) melded his two interests, designing an effects pedal to use with the band he was playing in. It worked well, so he made a few more and sold them.
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BU Behind the Scenes: Underneath the Photonics Building
BU's Photonics Center conducts experiments with light-based equipment that are extremely sensitive to vibration. Being located on one of the busiest streets in Boston, how does the building combat daily vibrations from nearby trains, buses and the [...]mass pike? Find out how engineers successfully designed the building to "float".
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