Open Questions: Miscellaneous technology</a></h3> <meta name="description" content="Guide to the Frontiers of Scientific Research"> <meta name="keywords" content="terahertz"> </head> <body bgcolor="White"> <h2>Open Questions: Miscellaneous technology</a></h3> [<a href="oq-main.htm">Home</a>] [<a href="oq-tech.htm">Up</a>] [<a href="oq-gloss.htm">Glossary</a>] [<a href="oq-indx.htm">Topic Index</a>] [<a href="oq-map.htm">Site Map</a>] <p> <b>See also:</b> <a href="oq-te014.htm">Quantum effects technology</a> -- <a href="oq-te011.htm">Advanced electronic technology</a> -- <a href="oq-te003.htm">Optical and optoelectronic technology</a> <p> <table border=3 frame=box rules=all align=left hspace=10 cellpadding=5 width="40%"> <tr><td> <h4><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></h4> <h4><a href="#terahertz">Terahertz sensing and imaging</a></h4> <h4><a href="#elevator">Space elevator</a></h4> <h4><a href="#accel">Laser wakefield accelerators</a></h4> <h4><a href="#magneto">Colossal magnetoresistance</a></h4> <h4><a href="#mof">Metal organic frameworks</a></h4> <h4><a href="#surv">Surveillance technology</a></h4> <hr size=4> <h4><a href="#sites">Recommended references: Web sites</a></h4> <h4><a href="#articles">Recommended references: Magazine/journal articles</a></h4> <h4><a href="#books">Recommended references: Books</a></h4> </table> <h3><name="introduction">Introduction</a></h3> <br clear=all> <p> <hr size=4> <h3><a name="sites">Recommended references: Web sites</a></h3> <h4>Terahertz technology</h4> <dl> <dt><a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/08/making-thz-radiation-stick-to-the-straight-and-narrow.ars"> <b>Inside the weird world of terahertz radiation</b></a> <dd>August 2010 article from <a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/">Nobel Intent</a>. Discusses different techniques for generating terahertz radiation. <dt><a href="http://optics.org/cws/article/articles/9937"> <b>Terahertz waves penetrate the world of imaging</b></a> <dd>October 2002 article at <a href="http://optics.org/cws/home">Optics.org</a>, by Oliver Graydon. "Foiling terrorists, detecting cancer and designing new drugs are just some of the potential applications for equipment that exploits the unique properties of terahertz waves." </dl> <h4>Laser wakefield accelerators</h4> <dl> <dt><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126884.400-desktop-atom-smashers-could-replace-lhc.html?full=true"> <b> Desktop atom smashers could replace LHC</b></a> <dd>January 2009 <i>New Scientist</i> article. "The next generation of particle smashers might be considerably smaller than the Large Hadron Collider - and made almost literally out of thin air." </dl> <p> <hr size=4> <h3><a name="articles">Recommended references: Magazine/journal articles</a></h3> <dl> <dt><b>Stairway to the heavens</b><br> David Appell<br> <i>Physics World</i>, December 2011, pp. 30-34 <dd>Escaping the Earth's gravitational clutches by climbing up a long rope made from carbon nanotubes is a pretty madcap idea. But, as discovered at a recent 'space elevator' conference, there are plenty of enthusiasts out there who are determined to make the concept work. </dl> <p> <hr size=4> <h3><a name="books">Recommended references: Books</a></h3> <dl> </dl> <hr size=4> <p> <a href="oq-main.htm"> <img src="wildleft.gif" align=middle height=34 width=37 hspace=3> <b>Home</b></a> <p> Copyright © 2002 by Charles Daney, All Rights Reserved </body>