Many cutting-edge technologies, ranging from augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) to LiDAR (light detection and ranging) systems, rely on components that enable the precise control of light ...

The Rise of Virtual Reality in Modern Technology. Virtual Reality (VR) has transcended its initial perception as a niche technology, evolving into a mainstream phenomenon that per ...

At Super Bowl parties, weddings, Independence Day cookouts and Thanksgiving dinners, people celebrate with large spreads of food. When faced with many options, extra food variety increases people's ...

On a visit to New York, the actor reflected on mortality and coming out, and unleashed an Elizabethan anti-ICE monologue on ...

I may be one of the few people remaining on the planet to both maintain a landline telephone and to decline to avail myself ...

The Technology-Empowered Storytelling Lab will host a lecture by Alejandro Martin Gomez, assistant professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department and the Institute for ...

A new play, "An Ark", is one of the first to be created and produced for mixed reality. It recently opened in New York, but does the play herald the future of theater?

This piece examines the parallels between sci-fi concepts and current technological achievements, emphasizing the ongoing journey from imagination to reality and pondering ...

A new publication DOI 10.29026/oes.2026.250031, discusses an integrated metasurface-freeform system enabled multi-focal ...

We examine the parallels between sci-fi concepts and current technological achievements. What innovations inspired by the classic show are on the horizon?

This February 28, Pittsburgh's Kamin Science Center will host the Presque Isle Lighthouse. It has been chosen to light up the city's Miniature Railroad as part of an innovative showcase.