joel lederer (lederer@netvision.net.il)
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 18:28:28 +0200
I was very excited to read the clipping below. I have been joking around
with my photo friends for a while now about how nano-technology will take
over (perhaps it will take us over too :)).
I'm waiting for the "nano-camera". The match boxed sized contraption
that will send billions of microscopic cameras into a field gathering all
sorts of info, sending it back to a computer which will process the info for
us to select from and print as gum over chrysotype.
Or better yet , how about the "nano-print"? An image made of millions of
light projectors on a 2 dimensional surface (or even forming a light
sculpture) . The density range of the picture could match a daylight scene
perfectly, imagine walking in to a gallery and seeing prints that give off
light? The picture could even change from night to day as in Daguerre's
dioramas.
I hope that I live long enough to see this happen.
Joel Lederer -Tel Aviv
Darryl Baird wrote:
> Just when you thought it was safe to try desktop printer negatives,
> direst reversal negatives (Lawless), APH lith film for continuous tone,
> Burkholder-curve imagesetter negs., or any combination of these along
> comes the "real" future for images made on any alternative media of
> choice...nanolasers and optical transistors
>
> Quote from the press
>
> > Researchers at Sandia Labs have devised a photonic crystal operat-
> > ing at 1.5 microns, the preferred wavelength for light traveling
> > down optical fibers [21]. A photonic crystal is to light what a
> > semiconductor is to electrons: a building block for an optical
> > transistor. Such a device could switch a light beam trillions of
> > times per second or could act as a low-power nanolaser.
>
> Hey Dick, since you're near there, why don't you call these folks up and
> get them to make a contact-imaging printer that would connect directly
> to the computer where you scan the ORIGINAL FILM into Photoshop, adjust
> the curves to the necessary scale, and directly output to the sensitized
> paper you've just coated. Maybe they could name it "Elwood".
>
> it's a mind-boggling thing
>
> Darryl
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