{"id":158457,"date":"2023-02-18T18:28:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T00:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/transforming-industries-light-based-tech-could-inspire-moon-navigation-and-next-gen-farming"},"modified":"2023-02-18T18:28:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T00:28:36","slug":"transforming-industries-light-based-tech-could-inspire-moon-navigation-and-next-gen-farming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/transforming-industries-light-based-tech-could-inspire-moon-navigation-and-next-gen-farming","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTransforming Industries\u201d \u2014 Light-Based Tech Could Inspire Moon Navigation and Next-Gen Farming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/transforming-industries-light-based-tech-could-inspire-moon-navigation-and-next-gen-farming2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leading scientists in the field predict that lithium niobate chips, which are extremely thin, will surpass silicon chips in light-based technologies. These chips have a wide range of potential applications, from detecting ripe fruit from a distance on Earth to guiding navigation on the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>According to the scientists, the artificial crystal of lithium niobate is the preferred platform for these technologies because of its superior performance and advancements in manufacturing techniques.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/rmit-university\/>RMIT University\u2019s<\/a> Distinguished Professor Arnan Mitchell and <a href=https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/university-of-adelaide\/>University of Adelaide\u2019s<\/a> Dr. Andy Boes led this team of global experts to review lithium niobate\u2019s capabilities and potential applications in the journal Science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading scientists in the field predict that lithium niobate chips, which are extremely thin, will surpass silicon chips in light-based technologies. These chips have a wide range of potential applications, from detecting ripe fruit from a distance on Earth to guiding navigation on the Moon. According to the scientists, the artificial crystal of lithium niobate [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,1506,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-food","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}