Zoe Kleinmann and a student make a pattern of light with translucent cups. Zoe Kleinmann and a student explore patterns. First they create units of two connected plastic cubes to create an AB pattern.

The common problems with bike lights seem miniscule until you’re riding down a moonless, unlit street and your light slowly goes from glowing white, to sad yellow, to nonexistent. Basically, you take ...

If you want to thrive in the dark, gloomy ocean depths then it certainly doesn't hurt to have a few tricks up your sleeve. Scientists have discovered two new species of fish that can expand an ...

Decisions, decisions…so many lights, but which to choose? The Denali DR1 lights have the classic spot light pattern that throws a pencil-sharp beam for high-speed night adventures. Or you can have a ...

Traditional fiber-optic communication sends data using just one light pattern. That’s fine, but it means the amount of bandwidth that a fiber strand can deliver is limited. If you could add more light ...

For the late-night reveler, the BMW 7 Series has a feature that makes the walk through the carpark a bit less frustrating. At the press of a key fob, the Welcome Light Carpet lighting system shines a ...

A scattering-invariant mode of light is generated by a spatial light modulator. This modulated beam propagates through free space (top) or a strongly scattering medium (bottom) such that the pattern ...