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Martin Beckett

Originally an astronomer. PhD in optical interferometry and other weird imaging. Academic and commercial background is building imaging instrumentation, currently VP Research&Development at an image guided surgery startup.

Mostly do C++,python,image processing,machine vision - anything with lots of 3D,maths and data.

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80 Does electricity flow on the surface of a wire or in the interior? Apr 25 '14
64 Why doesn't light kill me? May 16 '13
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47 If microwave ovens and WiFi both operate on the same frequency, why doesn't WiFi cook things? Jan 8 '12
40 What is this blue thing in a photograph of a bright light? Jan 7 '17
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