| Not to diminish what is an excellent piece of engineering, because this is (seemingly) a very well designed product. But none of this is that innovative — anyone familiar with optical tables would be able to conceive of “optical table, but safe plug and play”. [1] To actually productize that vision: - product/mechanical engineer for the case + fittings - someone with a undergrad in optics, preferably familiar with laser tables - an SDE familiar with embedded systems - an EE familiar with embedded systems [1] For people who may not be familiar with optical systems, many labs use plates like these onto which standard components are placed: https://eksmaoptics.com/opto-mechanical-components/optical-t... And in use: https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/731030 |
This might allow for set-up, alignment and conduction of an experiment within the short time allotted in educational settings, which would be quite a challenge using less smart constituents.