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AI Image Analysis, Li-Fi and Quantum Processor Among 2023 PRISM Awards Winners
Photonics West 2023 featured the 15th annual gathering of the Prism Awards, a ceremony hosted by SPIE that honors and recognizes industrial innovation in...
News AR/AI
BMW Previews an HMI Future Without Dashboard Screens
The BMW i Vision Dee is an electric tease, dialed up to Las Vegas wattage for a provocative unveiling at CES 2023: A novel digital grille, wrapped with Kindle-style “E-ink”...
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10 Holiday Gift Ideas for Engineers
Gift giving always induces anxiety. It’s never easy to pick a present that someone will enjoy, especially if the recipient is an engineer.
Briefs Communications
Efficiently and Precisely Decoding Low Redundancy Codes
Digital data is subjected to errors when stored or transmitted due to the effects of noise on the medium or communication channel.
Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
How Virtual, Cloud-Based Technologies Are Powering the Next Industrial Revolution
Companies in many industries are completely revamping the way in which their manufacturing arms are designing, building, producing, and servicing their goods.
Blog Design
Bringing Touch to Virtual Reality
The system aims to add the sense of touch to the metaverse for use in virtual-reality shopping and gaming, and potentially facilitate the work of astronauts and other professions that require the use of thick gloves.
Features AR/AI
How Extended Reality Is Transforming Surgery
So how can new surgeons safely hone their skills? The answer lies in emerging technology with roots in the world of gaming that seamlessly combines the physical and digital worlds.
Articles Software
Using Virtual Reality to Improve Product Development
A cornerstone to achieving sustainability goals is Rolls-Royce’s Technology Driven Transition - pioneering new breakthrough technologies that can accelerate the global transition to net zero.
Briefs Medical
Artificial Intelligence Tech Set to Transform Heart Imaging
The team compared its AI approach, known as virtual native enhancement, with contrast-enhanced CMR scans now used to monitor hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the most common genetic heart condition.
INSIDER Automotive
Eyes on Self-Driving Cars Reduce Accidents
Robotic eyes on autonomous vehicles could improve pedestrian safety, according to a new study at the University of Tokyo. Participants played out scenarios in virtual reality (VR) and had to...
INSIDER AR/AI
Soldier Insights Drive Army's Development of Mixed-Reality Training System
On a mid-August afternoon in central Texas, soldiers in combat uniform gather together, preparing to engage in realistic battlefield training. With temperatures...
Special Reports Unmanned Systems
Aerospace & Military Robotics - September 2022
Autonomous robots explore the deep sea...AI-powered machines think for themselves in hazardous places...advanced bipedal robots combine walking with flying. These are just a few of the...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Artificial Skin Gives Robots a Sense of Touch
We tend to take our sense of touch for granted in everyday settings, but it is vital for our ability to interact with our surroundings. Imagine reaching into the fridge to grab an egg for...
Features AR/AI
Incorporating 3D Artificial Intelligence with AR and VR Technology
The race continues between the world’s largest tech leaders and companies to see which one will prevail and power the next generation of tools, technologies, and...
Briefs Imaging
Metalens for Virtual and Augmented Reality
The millimeter-sized flat lens can be used in wearable displays for virtual reality, which requires compact, lightweight, and cost-effective components.
Articles Internet of Things
Where is Sensor Technology Headed? Look in the Mirror
Sensor technology design and manufacturing demands continue to rise to the needs of our continuously connected world.
Articles Photonics/Optics
Breakthrough Lightweight AR Eyeglasses
With AR eyeglasses, the screen of a mobile device can be transitioned to the lens of a pair of eyeglasses. The problem with that is that even though the technology has been around for a while, the...
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Applying Friction Principles to Finger-Device Interaction Mechanics
High-fidelity touch has the potential to significantly expand the scope of what we expect from computing devices, making new remote sensory experiences possible. The...
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Bimodal “Electronic Skin”
Through the use of magnetic fields, scientists have developed an electronic sensor that can simultaneously process both touchless and tactile stimuli. Prior attempts have so far failed to combine these functions...
Briefs Photonics/Optics
New Optical Component Used to Create AR/VR Headsets and Eyewear
Consumers are looking for augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) glasses that are compact and easy to wear, delivering high-quality imagery with socially acceptable optics...
Application Briefs AR/AI
An Omni-Directional Treadmill Revolutionizes VR
Infinadeck’s omni-directional treadmill debuted in 2018 when it provided Warner Brothers Studios with its prototype omni-directional virtual reality (VR) treadmill for the Steven...
Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Bendable Robot Arm Guided by Augmented Reality
The highly customizable robotic arm can be twisted and turned in all directions.
INSIDER AR/AI
MD&M West Session Highlights AI’s Role in Smart Manufacturing
With the smart manufacturing sector poised to reach nearly $590 billion by 2028 as automation and advanced technology propel the marketplace, the industry is ready to meet...
INSIDER AR/AI
VR System Can Teleoperate Robots
An innovative human-machine interface (HMI) system, which consists of flexible, multi-layered electronic skin, provides both visual and haptic feedback to users. The system can teleoperate the robot to...
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
New Device Modulates Visible Light with the Smallest Footprint and Lowest Power Consumption
Columbia researchers are reducing both the size and the power consumption of a visible-spectrum phase modulator, from one millimeter to 10 microns.
INSIDER Photonics/Optics
Mounted Troops to Get High-Tech Situational Awareness Tools
Mounted armored vehicles such as the Bradley have long been used as heavy weapons platforms with long range sensors to hunt targets and provide armored transportation to...
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