Technological Advances in Optical Applications

This link to OE Reports covers technology and trends for the international optical engineer. Don't let that scare you, the reports are easily understood by laymen. If you want to find out what the future hold on the subject of optical advances, this is the place to check. Advance in optics have and will have significant impacts on our daily lives.

 

Sonoluminescence

Sonoluminescence is a little-understood phenomenon whereby light is emitted by tiny bubbles suspended in a liquid subjected to intense acoustic fields.

 

The Levitron -- An "Gravity Defying Toy"

Not really an antigravity machine, but it looks like it is. First, check this site which sells the "toy." Then, if you are intrigued by what is behind this magnetic effect, check this site.

 

Convection in a box

Here is good science fair project, not to mention the research application for amateur scientists on a bear budget desiring to study how things flow and how they get disturbed. This site show a way to experiments with smoke that can be performed using a Plexiglas box and a burning stick of incense.