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PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS. "BAE Systems, Lucent Technologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Applied Wave Research are participating in a high payoff research and development program for the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) of DARPA." https://lnkd.in/eAzxwaq View in LinkedIn

"PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL FIBER (PCF) is a new class of optical fiber based on the properties of photonic crystals. Because of its ability to confine light in hollow cores or with confinement characteristics not possible in conventional optical fiber, PCF is now finding applications in fiber-optic communications, fiber lasers, nonlinear devices, high-power transmission, highly sensitive gas sensors, and other areas." https://lnkd.in/emkMqJc View in LinkedIn

OPTICAL BRAIN. "Now instead of electrons, light and optical fibers also show promise in achieving a brain-like computer. The cognitive functionality of central neurons underlies the adaptable nature and information processing capability of our brains." https://lnkd.in/ehcfzCX View in LinkedIn

ASPIRIN IN PLANTS. "Transcriptional regulation is a central process in plant immunity. The induction or repression of defense genes is orchestrated by signaling networks that are directed by plant hormones of which salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonic acid (JA) are the major players." https://lnkd.in/e4rD_UV View in LinkedIn

BRAIN SPEED. "However, current computers are still massively less efficient than the human brain, which takes only five seconds and a few calories to process what takes a computer 500 seconds and 1.4 milliwatts of power." https://lnkd.in/ehcfzCX View in LinkedIn

DUMP THE APHID SPRAY. "Methyl salicylate, which was found to repel aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) such as the black bean aphid, Aphis fabae, and cereal aphids including the grain aphid, Sitobion avenae, and also to inhibit attraction to their host plants." https://lnkd.in/enm6m8R View in LinkedIn

COMPUTING SPEED. "Research into high-speed computing and AI has led to breakthroughs in software and hardware that mimic brain functions and signal protocols, effectively improving the efficiency of computers." https://lnkd.in/ehcfzCX View in LinkedIn

SPRAYING PLANTS WITH ASPIRIN water (2 tabs/2gals with five drops of mild liquid soap) helps plants fend off diseases by imitating the plant stress hormone response of releasing salicylate acid. Finally, gardening tips make sense. Rose gardeners can now be excited about a non-toxic aphid solution. https://lnkd.in/ekm_HxA View in LinkedIn

DARPA's PHOTONIC CRYSTALS. "The secret to hollow-core fiber is doing away with the cladding and replacing it with photonic crystals. The light shoots down the hollow core, and when it strikes the edge, the photonic crystals bounce the photons." (2013). https://lnkd.in/eTNdXzT View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT IN NATURE continues this weekend with how plants detect danger, and then react to it. These defense strategies include cunningly attracting the enemies of your enemies. For a creature with no eyes, no ears, no nervous system, stuck in one place, this is a sophisticated strategy and speaks to their deep perception of the world about them. View in LinkedIn