Okay, I will take my statement back, it is indeed possible to bend light, but fitting a collapsed star into the Neo1973 will be kinda hard :D. But, well, theoretically, if there existed a material where the refraction index could somehow be controlled, that would be a possibility. I guess this is something we will have to wait for nano technology to bring us.
- Sorry for the private mail Nigel, I forgot to reply to the list On Monday 22 January 2007 12:43, Nigel wrote: > Just for Interest: > > Two ways to bend light: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_lens > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refraction > > On 1/22/07, Ulrik Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sunday 21 January 2007 18:46, Wil Chung wrote: > > > Dr. H., I agree that it needs a beam scanner, on first though, but does > > > > it > > > > > have to be mechanical? I know you can direct radio waves with > > > something like a phase array, might not light be directed with a phase > > > array? I don't know, as it's just a guess since they're both E&M. > > > > I don't think it is possible to "bend light", so you'll probably need > > some sort of mechanical device for it. However, I stumbled on this some > > times ago, > > which seems to fullfill the needs: > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5359724.stm > > > > It's basically a red and blue laser diode, aimed at a very tiny vibrating > > mirror. The problem is, as the article says, that they can't use green > > diodes, because these aren't small enough. I don't know the technical > > details > > for this obstacle though. Red and blue should be enough for text though, > > at > > least you will be able to render red, purple and blue. _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community