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Laser Micromachining Keeps the Olympic Torch Burning

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Anne L. Fischer

Prior to every Olympic Games, a handheld torch is lighted by the sun shining through a parabolic mirror at the original site of the event in Olympia, Greece. In a relay that has come to symbolize peace throughout the world, thousands of runners carry the torch to its destination: the city hosting the games. While the lighting and relay have gone relatively unaltered through the years, the technology behind the flame has changed. A laser beam micromachines holes in the flow controllers of the relay torches used for the 2004 Olympic Games Design requirements mandate that each torch lights...Read full article

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    Published: October 2005
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