When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Jay Holben The next in line on our examination of lighting fixtures is the PAR, which is an ...

Parabolic reflectors are found everywhere. They're on dish antennas for television reception, in radar systems, in long distance microphones, and heaven only knows where else. They have the property ...

“DPR is Wavien's Dual Parabolic Reflector system, which uses two off-axis paraboloid surfaces facing each other and a net effect of imaging a real life or digital generated object and relocates the ...

Discover how to create a simple solar energy harvester at home using basic household items and electronic components. This ...

For a long time, flashes and strobes have dominated photography lighting, but since the advent of video DSLRs, hot lights have been gaining appeal if only because of their flexibility. Now, Broncolor ...

Parabolic reflectors for solar applications are nice stuff, and making your own is a great project in itself. One of the easiest ways we have seen is that of [GREENPOWERSCIENCE], who uses nothing more ...

Borrowing from modern telescope design, researchers have proposed a way to concentrate sunlight to ramp up laser efficiency. Legend tells of Greek engineer and inventor Archimedes using parabolic ...

For the longest time now, I’ve wanted to build a real, proper radio telescope. To me, this means a large parabolic reflector, a feed horn made of brass sheet, coat hanger wire, and at least for the ...

A light rigid structure (of aluminum or other material) which reflects sound to a focus at which a MICROPHONE is placed. This focussing effect is very strong with WAVELENGTHs less than the aperture of ...