diffraction

Coffee Data ScienceSplitting beansFor the past two years, I have been measuring coffee ground distributions using imaging. This has been so useful in diving deeper into what is going on with a coffee grinder, and I really enjoyed the challenge of the image processing required. However, I was always curious how these measurements compared to laser diffraction. Laser diffraction is typically very expensive, but I had an opportunity to run a few samples and compare to my method.Laser diffraction for particle distribution…

Sails have propelled earthlings across the seas for millennia, but NASA believes their future is off-world. The space agency has unveiled plans to develop a new solar sail system for a demonstration mission. Dubbed Diffractive Solar Sailing, the project won Phase III of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, which supports visionary space technologies. Greetings humanoidsSubscribe now for a weekly recap of our favorite AI storiesThose picked for Phase III are the closest to…