The new single-laser fiber-optic speed record was set using a technique called fast Fourier transform that pulses light at an incredibly high rate with data encoded in 325 distinct colors across the spectrum.

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One of his site's sponsors advertises a laser turntable "that will get every little nuance out of an analog record that's out there, " he said.

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Earlier this year a team at Lund University in Sweden used a laser with pulses measured in attoseconds (billion billionths of a second) to record an electron in motion.

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The partnership was an Indian record for the eighth wicket against Australia and until Siddle's laser-guided last over it had looked as though it might be enough to help the hosts pull off an unlikely victory.

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To record over an existing recording, the amorphous spots are reheated by the recording laser to a temperature that allows them to recrystallise.

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In addition to the success of Mission: Impossible, we made progress toward introducing best-in-class laser based projection technology, and grew our commercial network by 33%, installing a record 170 IMAX theatre systems.

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The sensor, or an array of them, would record the movement of your hands while they type against a keyboard projected by laser on your desk, or even in the space in front of you.

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