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Fitting Feet Better Using Photonics

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Hank Hogan

Buying shoes for kids is common and usually challenging. It is common because children grow fast and frequently need new shoes, and challenging because they do not always sit still. Now infrared-based photonics gear developed by the defense and security technology company QinetiQ Ltd. of Malvern, UK, promises to make the task easier. The company’s device — called the FootSee — rapidly measures the dimensions of both feet at the same time with great accuracy, even with socks on. Amanda Turner, the company’s product director for the technology behind the device, noted that the length...Read full article

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    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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