{"id":1146,"date":"2013-03-05T03:40:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T02:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2015-12-13T00:53:49","modified_gmt":"2015-12-12T23:53:49","slug":"slow-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/?p=1146","title":{"rendered":"Slow light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of years ago in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecreatorsproject.com\/blog\/user-preferences-tech-qa-with-ishac-bertran\">Q&amp;A<\/a> for The Creators Project they asked me:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">What fantasy piece of technology would you like to see invented?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">A simple knob that connects to any source of light, so it slows down the speed of the light. Even down to zero, like a lightsaber.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stoplight-7b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1184\" title=\"stoplight 7b\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stoplight-7b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stoplight-7b.jpg 480w, http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stoplight-7b-300x82.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I always dreamed about the endless possibilities if such a magical thing was ever feasible. And I recently discovered that it is happening! In the last story of this podcast from Radiolab (min. 45),<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radiolab.org\/widgets\/ondemand_player\/#file=%2Faudio%2Fxspf%2F267124%2F;containerClass=radiolab\" width=\"480\" height=\"54\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Danish physicist Lene Hau explains how she has been able to slow down a beam of light, passing it through an ultra-cold cloud of sodium atoms. She has also been able to transform the form of light into matter, recording the shape of the light pulse with a laser. This light copy (or light metadata) can be stored, and the light form re-created in another place and time.<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stoplight-5b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1182\" title=\"stoplight 5b\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stoplight-5b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stoplight-5b.jpg 480w, http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stoplight-5b-300x82.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Collection of sunsets<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stoplight-6b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1183\" title=\"stoplight 6b\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stoplight-6b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stoplight-6b.jpg 480w, http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stoplight-6b-300x91.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #999999; text-align: center;\">Cold-cloud photo camera<\/span><\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/science\/discoveries\/magazine\/15-11\/st_alphageek\">article<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EK6HxdUQm5s\">video<\/a> about Lene&#8217;s research.<\/p>\n<div id='social-buttons' style='width:215px;margin-top:40px;'><div id='tw-button' style='display:inline;'><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.ishback.com%2F%3Fp%3D1146&count=none&related=&text=Slow%20light' class='twitter-share-button' data-text='Slow light' data-url='http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/?p=1146' data-counturl='http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/?p=1146' data-count='none' data-via='ishacbertran'>Tweet<\/a><\/div><div id='fb-button' style='float:right;display:inline;width:150px;'><iframe src='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.ishback.com%2F%3Fp%3D1146&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=350&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=20&amp;font=lucida+grande' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' allowTransparency='true' style='border:none; overflow:hidden; width:350px; height:20px'><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of years ago in a Q&amp;A for The Creators Project they asked me: What fantasy piece of technology would you like to see invented? 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