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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...
Briefs Photonics/Optics
New “Metalens” Shifts Focus Without Tilting or Moving
The design may enable miniature zoom lenses for drones, cellphones, or night-vision goggles.
INSIDER Photonics/Optics
Strengthening Electron-Triggered Light Emission
The way electrons interact with photons of light is a key part of many modern technologies, from lasers to solar panels to LEDs. But the interaction is inherently a weak one because of a...
Briefs Imaging
Reflection-Reducing Imaging System for Machine Vision Applications
The imaging system tested in NASA wind tunnels can reduce or eliminate shadows that occur when using many existing BOS and photogrammetric measurement systems.
Special Reports Information Technology
Rugged Computing & Electronics - June 2022
From the battlefield to the extremes of space, electronics and computing advances enable missions in the harshest conditions. Keep pace with the latest developments in this compendium of recent...
INSIDER Imaging
New Products
Two-Axis Laser Scan HeadAerotech Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA) has released the AGV-XPO, a high-dynamic, two-axis laser scan head that combines low-inertia, high-efficiency motors with ultra-high resolution position feedback...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
Research Could Lead to Noise Reduction in Aircraft Engines
Through a Small Business Innovative Research contract awarded to MetroLaser, Inc., by the U.S. Navy, a system is being developed to measure the gas velocity of engine exhaust to...
Application Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Hybrid Thermal and Red Dot Sight
The advanced MIL-STD Mepro TIGON sight has arrived.
INSIDER Photonics/Optics
Egypt’s Apache Helicopter Fleet to Get Upgraded Sensor Systems
Lockheed Martin received a $102 million contract award to upgrade 25 of Egypt’s AH-64D Apaches to the E-model version of the aircraft. This modernization for the Egyptian...
INSIDER Imaging
The James Webb Space Telescope Successfuly Launches
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope successfully launched on December 25 on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, South America. A joint effort with ESA...
Products Connectivity
New on the Market: January 2022
Microwave measurement receivers, oscilloscopes, longwave infrared cameras, and more.
Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Process Enables Machines to Thermally “Breathe”
Large machines can breathe in and out cooling blasts of water to keep their systems from overheating.
Briefs Test & Measurement
High-Sensitivity Microwave Radiation Sensor
Better detection of microwave radiation will enable improved thermal imaging, electronic warfare, radio communications, and radar.
Briefs Imaging
Non-Destructive Evaluation of Structures Using Transient and Lock-in Thermography
Applications include avionics, data storage, process control, reconfigurable manufacturing lines, and civil and structural engineering.
Application Briefs Imaging
Long Range Uncooled Thermal Cameras
The Jaegar provides high levels of camera positioning accuracy.
Articles Photonics/Optics
2021 OEM Photonics & Imaging Directory
See top suppliers and manufacturers in over 20 categories, including high-speed cameras, sensors, and optical components.
INSIDER Data Acquisition
NASA’s Webb Will Join Forces with Event Horizon Telescope to Reveal Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
On isolated mountaintops across the planet, scientists await word that tonight is the night. The complex coordination between...
Application Briefs Photonics/Optics
Designing Advanced IR Optical Assemblies for UAVs
Unmanned aircraft present a range of optics challenges.
Articles Photonics/Optics
Thermal Imaging — Making Hidden Details Visible
When even your iPhone can easily become a thermal imager, today's top cameras offer better sensitivity and measurement accuracy.
Briefs Photonics/Optics
New “Metalens” Shifts Focus Without Tilting or Moving
The design may enable miniature zoom lenses for drones, cellphones, or night-vision goggles.
Special Reports Electronics & Computers
Rugged Computing & Electronics - November 2021
From the battlefield to the oceans to the extremes of space, electronics and computing advances enable missions in the harshest conditions. To help you keep pace with the latest developments, we...
Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Ruggedized Infrared Camera
The camera was designed for use in space and other extreme environments.
Special Reports Photonics/Optics
Machine Vision/Camera Advances - July 2021
Advances in cameras and image sensors are transforming the factory floor, while also enabling exciting new applications in space robotics, medicine, and more. Read all about it in this compendium of...
Products Imaging
New on the Market: July 2021
Temperature transmitters, robotic tool changers, epoxy adhesives, and more.
Products Unmanned Systems
New Products
A folded zoom lens, miniature rotary encoders, starter generator control, and more.
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Quantum-Dot Infrared Cameras for Electronics and Self-Driving Cars
The inexpensive cameras are easy to produce.
Briefs Imaging
Calibrated Long-Wave Infrared (LWIR) Thermal and Polarimetric Imagery of Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Birds
Well-calibrated imagery helps to distinguish between small UAVs and birds of similar size and dimensions.
News Imaging
New Method Reveals If Antibiotics Reach Hidden Bacteria
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and the University of Western Australia have developed a new imaging method to see where antibiotics have reached bacteria within tissues. The...
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Automotive
Driver-Monitoring: A New Era for Advancements in Sensor Technology
Manufacturing & Prototyping
Tailoring Additive Manufacturing to Your Needs: Strategies for...
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How to Achieve Seamless Deployment of Level 3 Virtual ECUs for...
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Specifying Laser Modules for Optimized System Performance
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