Education
An Optics Road Trip in Rural Australia
Two members of the University of Sydney OSA student chapter report back from their two-week road trip through a remote area of the Australian Outback, during which they gave high school students a unique introduction to hot topics in optics.
Björn Sturmberg, somewhere in the Australian Outback.
The field of optics is of particular interest to people in Australia. Optical and quantum science are national research strengths, and the government is rolling out the National Broadband Network for Australia program. It will establish fiber optic communications to 93 percent of Australian homes, schools and businesses, delivering unprecedented opportunities in health, education, business and the community—particularly in rural areas where Internet access is currently limited. Many young Australians cannot remember a time without the Internet; yet they have little understanding of how this technology works.
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