Latest News: SPIE Awards $1,000 Scholarship to Constance Teoh Kang Ting, Ding Ruo Jun and Song Majinyang

SPIE has awarded a $1,000 SPIE Optical Science and Engineering Scholarship to Constance Teoh Kang Ting, Ding Ruo Jun, and Song Majinyang, at the Raffles Girls’ Secondary School in Singapore. Under the direction of Prof. Anand Asundi, Nanyang Technological University, this group of girls is working on a project on Digital Holography. Their research centered on testing the applications and specifications of a Digital Holography set-up and investigated the use as a means of surface topography analysis of micro-devices.

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Save Energy, Go Green

A study by Blackle (not official "black google") suggested that energy can be efficiently saved using more black pixels. However Google has rejected this idea by declaring that LCD monitors use same amount of energy to display black or white pixel, but displaying dark pixel on CRT monitor under similar conditions could save 15-20% energy.

We stick to our old initiative of saving energy keeping our website background "dark" and appreciate any small step towards contribution in saving energy believing that not all people use LCD monitors. Also it is easier to read white text on dark background and looks good.