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Lightweight Mirrors for AstroPhysics Applications
In spaceborne applications the need to minimise payload is a key factor in designing optical systems. Optical Surfaces lightweight mirrors are designed to provide sufficient rigidity to ensure ultra-high precision optical... -
Autonomous Drone Takes Daylight Images of PV Modules
Electroluminescence (EL) imaging of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels provides high accuracy in detecting defects and faults, such as cracks, broken cells, interconnections, shunts, among many others; furthermore, the EL technique... -
UV LED Irradiation System Developed for Disinfection
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) in Berlin (Germany) and its spin-off UVphotonics NT GmbH have designed and developed a versatile turnkey irradiation system for surface treatment. Since the compact, modular system can be... -
Remote Temperature Sensing Video System Battles Spread of Infection
To help stem the alarming spread of infections worldwide, LILIN has introduced an innovative monitoring system capable of accurately measuring the body temperature of individuals, and detecting whether or not they are... -
Quantum Entanglement Demonstrated Aboard Orbiting CubeSat
In a critical step toward creating a global quantum communications network, researchers have generated and detected quantum entanglement onboard a CubeSat nanosatellite weighing less than 2.6 kilograms and orbiting the Earth.... -
BitFlow Whitepaper on Controlling CoaXPress Cameras
The challenges facing today's machine vision integrators are more complicated and critical than ever before, as they strive to build faster, more accurate and cost-efficient systems in the wake of changing technology. To... -
Medical Tools Developed Faster with New EU Pilot Line
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the need to quickly develop diagnostic equipment in the face of a novel threat. Thanks to a dedicated medical pilot production line that gives easy access to prototyping, new medical tools that...
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Design for Success in Micro Molding
If you are undertaking a micro injection molding project, there is enormous value in working alongside a specialist sub-contract manufacturer that under one roof has control of all aspects of the product development process from design to high... -
Lidar Technology in Autonomous Robotic Systems
Lidar sensors are now firmly established as an essential component of many mapping, navigation and localization applications. Although most of the attention in this field remains focused on the use of lidar in autonomous vehicles, several... -
Three-Photon Microscopy for Sub-Surface Tissue Imaging
Pulsed tuneable lasers are ubiquitous tools for multi-photon imaging in the life sciences, with the majority of research employing two-photon techniques. In recent years, a new class of imaging using three-photon fluorescence has emerged to scan... -
Artificial Intelligence Delivers Greater Clarity to Low Dose Medical Imaging
Medical imaging is used to detect everything from fractures to cancer. The computed tomography (CT) Scan Market in North America was worth more than USD 2.4 billion in 2019, with more than 80 million scans (CT scans) performed each year.... -
Femtosecond Amplifier Probes Ferroelectric Films in Real Time
Researchers at ETH Zurich are using second harmonic generation (SHG) effect as a probe to follow the spontaneous polarization alignment of epitaxial ferroelectric films in real time, as they are being created by pulsed laser... -
Lidar in Autonomous Applications
Autonomous vehicles may not replace the car any time soon, but the inherent technologies are advancing rapidly Lidar stands for light detection and ranging, and is used in place of or in addition to cameras, radar and ultrasonic sensors. The... -
Thermal Imaging Cameras Help Fight Rhino Poaching
The illegal global trade of endangered and protected wildlife, linked to organized crime and terrorism, is worth up to $20 billion annually. Rhino poaching in particular is big (illegal) business; rhino horn is worth more than gold on the black...
