OptaSense's 'fibre optic microphone' up for prestigious award
A company that has turned fibre optic cable into an ultra-sensitive microphone has been nominated for a prestigious engineering award.
OptaSense joins Cobalt Light Systems, an SME using cutting-edge materials science to fight terrorism; and Rolls-Royce, the engineering giant behind the world's first vertical take-off system for a supersonic fighter jet, as a contender for in the Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award, the UK's longest running national prize for engineering. It identifies outstanding innovation with proven commercial promise and tangible societal benefit.