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24 June 2013
Ground-breaking Femtoprint technology paper presented at CLEO post deadline session
Birefringence measurement of the data recorded in three separate layers.
Copyright: Martynas Beresna, ORC
Related Links:
• Find out more about the Physical Optics group.
• Download the paper, '5D Data Storage by Ultrafast Laser Nanostructuring in Glass.'
• Learn more about Femtoprint.
A group of researchers from the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the...
17 June 2013
Smart Fabric technology - the future of festival charging
Professor Steve Beeby
Related Links:
• Professor Steve Beeby's staff profile
Vodafone UK has unveiled its Power Shorts and Recharge Sleeping Bag ahead of the Isle of Wight Festival - two innovations that have the capability to harvest body heat and movement to boost the battery life of mobile devices at summer events.The technology is being developed in partnership with the Electronics and Computer Science experts at the...
14 June 2013
ORC student awarded Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship
ORC PhD student Amol Choudhary has won a SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship
Copyright: Courtesy of Amol Choudhary
ORC student, Amol Choudhary, has been awarded a 2013 Scholarship by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics for his potential contributions to the field of optics, photonics, or related field.Amol is a third year PhD student in the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of Southampton (UK) working on the development of...
10 June 2013
World-first smart fabric screen-printed electroluminescent watch display
Marc's screen-printed digital watch on fabric
Copyright: ECS, University of Southampton
Related Links:
• Smart Textiles Salon 2013
• MICROFLEX EU project
• http://microflex.ecs.soton.ac.uk
Marc de Vos, a third-year student in ECS has developed the world’s first screen-printed digital watch on fabric for his Part III Individual Project.Marc's work was selected for...
07 June 2013
ECS researcher assesses energy harvesting at Cheltenham Science Festival
Related Links:
• Dr Geoff Merrett
• Professor Dame Wendy Hall
• Energy Harvesting Network
• Times Cheltenham Science Festival
Dr Geoff Merrett of the Electronics and Electrical Engineering research group in ECS is appearing at the prestigious Times Cheltenham Science Festival today (Friday 7 June).The other members of the energy harvesting panel are Paul Mitcheson and heart surgeon Sukumaran Nair, who is...
04 June 2013
Outstanding results for ECS in national league tables
Related Links:
• Guardian University Guide 2014
• Electronics & Electrical League Table
• Computer Science and IT League Table
Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) has recorded outstanding results in one of the UK’s leading university league tables.In the Guardian University Guide 2014, published today (Tuesday 4 June), the University of Southampton leads the table for Electronics and Electrical Engineering, and is...

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