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Researchers from multiple disciplines at Washington University St Louis (WUSTL) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, both in the US, have developed an... Read More
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A key aspect of food and beverage production involves the mandatory marking and verification of manufacturing (MFD) and expiration (EXP) dates and lot codes on the product packages. These codes are... Read More
Vision inspection in the production sites for electronic braking systems in the Business Unit Vehicle Dynamics of Continental has evolved over the years along with the evolution of machine vision... Read More
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In the article Smart Fixture Controls in Intelligent Lighting, we discussed the evolution of centralized lighting controls, especially as it relates to controlling LED luminaires. Because LED... Read More
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Optical monitoring systems provider Eddy Company has launched a new... Read More
Chromasens has extended its 3DPIXA family of high-performance 3D... Read More
Densitron, a provider of display technologies and embedded computing... Read More
Thorlabs has released next-generation versions of its 1300-nm... Read More
European machine vision technology provider Stemmer Imaging has... Read More
OSI Optoelectronics, an OSI Systems company, offers a high-response... Read More
Gamma Scientific announces the release of its SpectralLED RS-7-3... Read More
Larson Electronics LLC, a leading industrial lighting company,... Read More
Emergent Vision Technologies, specialists in 10 Gigabit Ethernet... Read More
Thorlabs announced a new addition to its line of Compact... Read More
Laser Components can now provide custom ball lens profiles on the... Read More
HinaLea Imaging, an international solutions provider of... Read More
