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CT Scanners Enhance Security at Montana Airport
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began screening travelers earlier today in a relocated security checkpoint at Billings Logan International Airport (BIL). The new checkpoint, located on the second floor of the... -
Substrates Use in Infrared (IR) Applications
Optical Components are manufactured from a wide range of substrates, and the very materials they're fabricated from dictate their suitability for specific tasks. Here are some of the most common substrates that are used... -
Chromasens and Partners Develop AirCarbon III Carbon Fiber Inspection System
The quality of aerospace-grade carbon fiber is still largely assessed manually, a process often rife with human errors. Automated monitoring solutions are necessary to ensure high-quality standards during production... -
Gray Optics: Redesigning multi-channel laser scanning microscopes
Gray Optics offers illumination optics, microscope objectives, and tube lens combinations, as well as the design and selection of mirrors and lenses to meet high signal-to-noise and high resolution. The Gray Optic team consists... -
USPA Nationwide Security Announces Autonomous Security System
USPA Nationwide Security has announced a new autonomous security system in their service line. In September, USPA will offer the deployment of next generation drones to its clientele. "Our autonomous security technology... -
Fraunhofer IGD Develops New Process for the Avoidance of Stair-Step Artifacts
Scientists at Fraunhofer IGD have devised a purely geometric and algorithmic method for the elimination of stair-step artifacts in multi-material 3D printing. To avoid quantization errors, the surface of the object is modulated... -
Light Polarization Creates Art, Explains Mathematical Concepts
The polarization of light underpins a variety of recent technological innovations, including 3D cinema and LCDs. In LCDs, tiny electronically controllable liquid crystal elements are sandwiched between polarizers. If, instead,...
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Robotic Fruit Picking
The fresh fruit industry is still largely dependent on seasonal workers, which presents many challenges because there has been a serious worker shorter in recent years. Relying on humans for this task may be becoming a thing of the past.... -
Deep-Learning Framework Uses X-ray CT to Inspect 3D Printed Metal Parts
A new deep-learning framework developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is helping to speed up the process of inspecting 3D printed metal parts using X-ray computed tomography (CT). It’s also reducing costs... -
AI Image Analysis Algorithm Improves Quality, Productivity, and Efficiency
Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and deep learning have changed how quality inspection is employed in the manufacturing industry. AI-based systems bring a level of robustness and accuracy never achieved in the past with rule-based systems.... -
Thin-film coating: The enabling technology right before our eyes
Optical components are a necessary part of modern society. They are used almost everywhere. As long as there are optical systems, optical coatings will be necessary. And it is thin-film technology which allows these optical systems to fulfil their... -
Vision Inspection Aids in Green Energy Production
The opportunity for green energy to grow is endless . . . and necessary. According to U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), renewable sources of energy will grow to 27% of the country’s capacity by 2023, led by new wind and... -
Analyzing Whiskey with Raman Spectroscopy
Whiskey is a distilled alcoholic beverage named from the Gaelic ‘uisge beatha’ meaning ‘water of life’. The drink is made from fermented grain mash, with different grains used to provide the wide variety of whiskey... -
Validation and Quality Control: Optimizing Micro Molding Outcomes
It is often said that specialist micro molders need to be vertically integrated in order to optimize outcomes for customers. Of the various stages involved in taking a product design to volume micro manufacturing, some of the steps that should be...
