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Five Trends Set to Define Machine Vision Heading Into 2027
BitFlow, Inc., a business unit of Advantech and a premier manufacturer of high-performance frame grabbers, outlined five trends set to shape machine vision as the industry moves into 2027. The company also detailed how its... -
ALLUXA Provides Critical Optical Components for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Alluxa, Inc., a global leader in high-performance optical coatings, filters, and thin-film deposition technologies, has been recognized by NASA as one of the companies that provided critical components for the telescope’s... -
BitFlow Frame Grabber Powers High-Speed Badminton Tracking Research
BitFlow, Inc., a division of Advantech, today highlighted the use of its Axion 2xE (PCIE-1122-AE) frame grabber in a peer-reviewed badminton recognition and tracking system developed by researchers Zhihao Cui (Pingdingshan... -
Thermography Reveals Ice Formation Processes in Freezing Drizzle Droplets
How do ice crystals form in mixed-phase clouds? And what role do freezing drizzle droplets play in this process? Scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have investigated these questions through experimental... -
Hamamatsu Supports IceCube Upgrade for Neutrino Research
Hamamatsu Photonics marks the successful deployment of the IceCube Upgrade at the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, delivered by the IceCube Collaboration. The newly installed... -
Thermal Imaging Helps Reveal Hidden Text in Ancient Herculaneum Papyri
Flir thermal imaging technology is helping researchers in Italy unlock hidden text from the Herculaneum papyri, a unique collection of ancient manuscripts carbonized during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Using pulsed... -
High-Speed Machine Vision System Decodes Chicken Feeding Biomechanics at 300 FPS
Researchers at Paulista University in São Paulo, Brazil have issued a landmark study validating a scalable, automated sensing framework capable of quantifying broiler feeding biomechanics in real time. Published under the...
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When Tolerances Define Trust in Miniature Electronics Manufacturing
Progress in electronics is often measured in fractions of a millimetre. While individual components may be tiny, the consequences of failure rarely are. That’s why modern electronics manufacturing relies on automation and repeatability, with... -
How Miniaturisation Is Reshaping Product Development in Medical and High-Tech Sectors
Miniaturisation used to be an engineering ambition. Today it is an expectation. Whether we are talking about a wearable biosensor that disappears under clothing, an implant that delivers drugs precisely where they are needed, or a compact sensor... -
Mikrotron High-Speed Camera Enables Non-Contact Vibration Analysis of Industrial Robots for Predictive Maintenance
In modern factories, industrial robots handle a wide range of tasks previously done by humans, including welding, assembly, painting, material handling, packaging, and quality inspection. Given their importance to production, industrial robots are... -
3D Measurement Technology for High-Resolution Surface Analysis
Laser-cut hypotubes (LCHT) have become indispensable in modern medical technology. The delicate structures of these extremely thin metal tubes enable minimally invasive procedures such as catheter ablation, stent insertion and neurovascular... -
Wafer-Scale vs. Roll-to-Plate Nanoimprint Lithography: Complementary Technologies Driving Nanomanufacturing
Nanoimprint lithography (NIL) is a high-resolution patterning technique used to replicate nanoscale and microscale surface structures. Unlike traditional optical lithography, which relies on light projection and is limited by diffraction, NIL is a... -
Expand Your Imaging Horizons with Long Distance CoaXPress over Fiber Solutions
For challenging machine vision applications, the CoaXPress ("CXP") interface is a clear winner. This is thanks to its data transmission rates of up to 12.5 Gbps per link which, when four links are aggregated, deliver a staggering 50 Gbps.... -
Micro Molding In Micro-Optic Manufacturing
Micro-optics — tiny lenses, beam-splitters, prisms, light pipes, and similar optical components — play a critical role in the miniaturization of optical applications across various industries. Ranging in size from as small as 20 microns...
