Laser Headlights in Autonomous Vehicles
Automotive technology is advancing rapidly, and integrated into today’s cars are features that are bringing us closer to advanced driver assistance system (ADAS). If we look at the six SAE... Read More
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Teledyne Opens New Office in Japan
Teledyne e2v, Teledyne DALSA, and Teledyne Princeton Instruments announced a new combined office space in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. The occasion will be marked with an Office Opening Ceremony on May 22,... -
KPM Analytics Acquires Sightline Process Control to Serve Food Processing Market
KPM Analytics announced today that it has acquired Sightline Process Control, Inc, a company specializing in 3D color vision and automated inspection systems that improve product quality, increase line productivity and reduce... -
Laser World of Photonics 2019: Photonics experts, live demos and trends galore
From June 24 to 27, Munich will once again play host to the photonics industry: in addition to the exhibition and top-quality scientific World of Photonics Congress, Laser World of Photonics provides highlights galore in the... -
Stemmer Imaging AG Trading in Prime Standard, Frankfurt Stock Exchange
By switching segments, Stemmer Imaging now complies with the most exacting transparency requirements for listed companies in Germany, and is opening itself up to a broader investor base. As a result, the Management Board firmly... -
ficonTEC and Coherent Solutions Collaborate on Measurement Systems
ficonTEC Services GmbH of Achim, Germany, and Coherent Solutions Ltd. of Auckland, New Zealand, have entered into a collaborative partnership to advance electro-optical measurement capability for use in volume testing within the... -
Machine Vision Market Worth $14.0 Billion by 2024
According to the new market research report "Machine Vision Market by Component - Global Forecasts to 2024", published by MarketsandMarkets, the Machine Vision Market is expected to reach USD 14.0... -
CLEO 2019 Wraps Up with Visionary Speakers, Standing-Room Only Sessions
The Optical Society (OSA) announced that CLEO 2019 (CLEO) has concluded with 3,800 registrants, distinguished talks from Nobel Laureates and other notable speakers, an exhibition with 172 companies and 1,722 research and... View All
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Application Offensive for Ultrafast Lasers in the kW Range
Experts from 13 different Fraunhofer institutes are working on the development of multi-kW ultrafast lasers and various applications in the Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Advanced Photon Sources CAPS. A user facility with application laboratories... -
Fluorescent Microalgae May Lead to Super-Efficient Solar Cells
Tiny light-emitting microalgae, found in the ocean, could hold the secret to the next generation of organic solar cells, according to new research carried out at the Universities of Birmingham in the UK and Utrecht in The Netherlands.... -
CMOS Process for High-Performance MicroLEDs
Leti, a research institute of CEA Tech, today announced a new technology for fabricating GaN microLED displays for applications ranging from smart watches to TVs with no size limit. The approach fabricates elementary units of all-in-one... -
Light Technologies Help Discover Key to the Guinness Pour
Guinness beer, a dark stout beer, is pressurized with nitrogen gas. When poured Guinness beer into a pint glass, small-diameter bubbles (only 1/10 the size of those in carbonated drinks such as soda and carbonated water) disperse throughout the... -
Laser Structuring at Triple the Productivity
Car makers currently use a variety of methods to emboss plastic panels for vehicle interiors. However, manufacturing the tools required for this purpose is an extremely time-consuming process. This situation can be improved using a new laser... -
Lasers Produce Shark Skins on Aircraft
During IntAirCoat Conference 2019, Laser specialist 4JET (Alsdorf, Germany) and leading aircraft paint supplier Mankiewicz (Hamburg, Germany) will introduce a new laser process for the creation of fuel saving riblets automatically lasered onto... -
Holographic Technique Opens the Way for Quantum Computation
Photography measures how much light of different color hits the photographic film. However, light is also a wave, and is therefore characterized by the phase. Phase specifies the position of a point within the wave cycle and correlates to depth of... View All
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Precision Engineering Driving Innovation in the Sustainable Energy Sector
There is increasing demand from the general public and governmental agencies for sustainable energy solutions, the basic principle being that the human use of energy meets today’s needs without compromising the ability for generations to come... -
Stellenbosch Study of Mechanical Properties of Microlattice Structures
Deben, a leading provider of in-situ testing stages together with innovative accessories and components for microscopy, reports on Stellenbosch University’s research into the production and mechanical properties of microlattice structures.... -
LED Downlights to Illuminate Wax Figures in Paris Museum
Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd., a specialist in LED products and technology, announced that its SunLike Series natural spectrum LEDs have been adopted by -
Additive Manufacturing Production of Micro-Optics
After the recent and successful commercial launch of its micro additive manufacturing technology, Nanofabrica is revealing the successes that it has had in various industry sectors as its technology has been tested and validated over the past few... -
University of Maine, ORNL to Catalyze 3D Printing with Wood-Based Products
A new research collaboration between the University of Maine (UMaine) and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will advance efforts to 3D print with wood products, creating a new market for Maine’s forest... -
Solar powered Desalination Offers Hope of a Global Shift in Agriculture
Australia’s ability to reliably produce food for an ever-increasing population is a growing concern amid droughts and increasingly volatile climate conditions. Australian agriculture practices rely heavily on groundwater, even though... -
Building a Legacy to Protect the Night Sky
The Quality Lighting Teaching (QLT) Kit, that was developed by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) with grants from the International Astronomical Union and The Optical Society for the cornerstone theme, “Cosmic Light”, of... View All
