Optical tweezer software now available for the iPad

Research published in IOP Publishing's Journal of Optics (http://iopscience.iop.org/2040-8986/) shows how a team of researchers has overcome the limitations of computer mouse and joy-stick controlled systems through the design of an iPad app.

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Science & Technology

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• iPad
• optical tweezers
• physics

[bryansmellis]

@ahaukas... Have you done anything nearly as cool? This is a way of demonstrating optical tweezers to your average Joe Bloggs in a way they might understand and initiate their interest in the subject. Anyhoo, this is some great work IMO, I'm not saying you should like it, just that you shouldn't be so quick to piss on someone's parade.

[ignasmixer]

Please could someone create for ipads, iphone, ipods a self destruction button?

[ahaukas]

Wow - great way to give yourself LESS control over the fine details and more chance of error. Using tilt of the iPad? using fingers on a touchscreen? There's a reason everyone is using a mouse + scrollwheel. Infinitely more precise.

Or did your Uni's PR dept put you up to this?

[MaBuSt]

lol bored grad students, i feel your pain man.

[samwarr]

very clever, nice job