{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/e421d786-ec36-4148-aa99-7a3b2928a779/3928d896-da3b-4167-a15c-4b95cbdc251e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Babbage: Photon opportunity","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d9fe5e874247/62e286c1bd17c20012ef406b.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>How has Albert Einstein’s work on photons ushered in a <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2021/01/07/how-understanding-light-has-led-to-a-hundred-years-of-bright-ideas?utm_campaign=babbage&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">golden age of light</a>? Oliver Morton, <em>The Economist's</em> briefings editor, explores why the <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2021/01/07/why-lasers-are-so-brilliantly-useful?utm_campaign=babbage&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">laser's applications</a> have been spectacular and how <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2021/01/07/how-governments-spurred-the-rise-of-solar-power?utm_campaign=babbage&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">solar power</a> became the cheapest source of electricity in many countries. Also, he talks to the scientists scanning the skies with the <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2021/01/07/from-the-universe-to-the-dataverse?utm_campaign=babbage&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">largest digital camera in the world</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Please subscribe to <em>The Economist</em> for full access to print, digital and audio editions:</p><p><a href=\"http://www.economist.com/podcastoffer?utm_campaign=babbage&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.economist.com/podcastoffer</a></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}