Machine Vision Improves Ice Cream Production
One of Romania’s leading ice cream producers implemented an automated vision solution that can detect badly shaped, broken or stitched-together ice creams and facilitate their fast removal... Read More
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Heliogen on Mission to Replace Fossil Fuels in Industrial Processes
Heliogen, the clean energy company that is transforming sunlight to create and replace fuels, today announced its launch and that it has – for the first time commercially – concentrated solar energy to exceed... -
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Market to Reach $129.76 Billion By 2026
The rising number of government initiatives globally related to the safety of the vehicles coupled with the rising demand for safe and efficient vehicles are the major factors attributing to the growth of the ADAS market over... -
2020 UKIVA Machine Vision Conference and Exhibition
With year on year growth since its inception in 2017, the event is rapidly becoming a fixture in the industry’s calendar. While the event will follow a similar format to previous years, with a comprehensive program of... -
Ursula Keller: Winner of the 2020 SPIE Gold Medal
For nearly three decades, the research of Ursula Keller, a professor of physics at ETH Zurich, has defined the revolution in ultrafast science and technology. She pioneered the semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM),... -
First International Conference on Agrophotovoltaics in August 2020
Agrophotovoltaics (APV) allows for the dual harvesting of crops and photovoltaic electricity on the same piece of land, providing sustainable solutions under consideration of soil protection and water conservation. The first... -
OFC 2020 Announces Plenary Speakers
A trio of world-renowned researchers will be the plenary speakers for the 2020 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC), the world’s largest conference and exhibition for optical communications... -
Microscopy Center of Excellence at SUNY Upstate Medical Center
SUNY Upstate Medical University and Leica Microsystems, Inc. have combined efforts to establish the Leica Microsystems Center of Excellence at SUNY Upstate. The new Center will support a mission to drive new... View All
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Quantum Light Improves Sensitivity of Biological Measurements
In a new study, researchers showed that quantum light can be used to track enzyme reactions in real time. The work brings together quantum physics and biology in an important step toward the development of quantum sensors for biomedical... -
Lasers Help Show How Perovskite Solar Cells Can Capture More Electricity
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) in a collaboration with the University of Groningen (UG) in the Netherlands, have developed a method to analyse which pairs of materials in... -
Pioneering New Process Technologies for Flexible Glass in Optical Systems
Ultra-thin glass – one human hair thick – is ideally suited as a material for mass production of optical components and parts as well as for encapsulating optical and optoelectronic systems. Its production requires a completely... -
Low-Cost, Portable System Takes OCT Beyond Ophthalmology
Researchers have developed a way to perform optical coherence tomography (OCT) in hard-to-reach areas of the body such as joints. The advance could help bring this high-resolution biomedical imaging technique to new surgical and medical... -
Developing Alternative Solar Cell Solutions Based on Iron
An international study led from Lund University in Sweden shows that 30% of the energy in a certain type of light-absorbing iron molecule disappears in a previously unknown manner. By closing this loophole, the researchers hope to contribute to... -
Light at the End of the Nanotunnel for Future Catalysts
Using a new type of nanoreactor, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in mapping catalytic reactions on individual metallic nanoparticles. Their work could help improve chemical processes, and lead to better... -
Kyoto University and ZEISS Announce Collaboration in Cell Material Sciences
ZEISS and Kyoto University are intensifying their cooperation and have signed a new strategic research agreement. As part of the agreement, the partners are opening the ZEISS iCeMS Innovation Core – a collaborative laboratory at Kyoto... View All
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Real-time Quality Inspection of Adhesive Beads with uEye LE Board Level Cameras
In crash tests, vehicles with a high adhesive content usually perform best. This is because the parts to be bonded are not negatively affected during bonding. Welding generates heat, which can influence the materials used and their properties.... -
Solar on Farmland: Cogenerating electricity alongside crops
A team of engineers, agronomists and economists at Purdue University’s Center for Sustainable Food, Energy and Water Systems (SFEWS), supported by the National Science Foundation, are developing novel photovoltaic (PV) module designs for use... -
Studying Spiders with a Scanning Electron Microscope
Independent, amateur arachnologist Jeremy Poole began studying spiders in 1995, and early in 2016 he started compiling stunning SEM images along the way. Gradually perfecting his technique since then he has been lucky enough to attend courses on... -
Mixel's MIPI D-PHY IP Integrated into Microsoft's Azure Kinect DK Depth Camera
Mixel, a provider of mixed-signal intellectual property (IP) announced today that Mixel’s MIPI IP has been successfully integrated into the Microsoft Azure Kinect developer kit, which is now in volume production. Azure Kinect Developer... -
Optoplasmonic Sensor Tests Milk Quality
Standards of food safety and food quality have never been higher in Germany and throughout the European Union. This is especially true in the dairy industry. Yet despite such high standards, traces of impurities, pesticides and antibiotics can find... -
Resolve Optics Contributes to Space Projects
Many different types of optical imaging and sensing systems are today used to observe and measure the Earth and the universe at large. However, designing optical systems for satellites and spacecraft is challenging due to the harsh conditions that... -
Real-time Monitoring of Thermal Laser Processes
The SPOLD and LD-Heater laser processing systems from Hamamatsu, which were recently introduced in Europe, feature real-time integrated temperature measuring. This enables simpler and more precise thermal laser processes, e.g. for plastic welding,... View All
