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Solar-Powered Streetlights Wipe Out AI Climate Impact
A new high-tech solar-powered streetlight, iLamp, made by British greentech firm Conflow Power Group, provides a unique solution to a growing global AI power consumption crisis – reducing the carbon footprint to near-zero... -
Line Scan Camera Provides Highly Accurate 2D Color and 3D Inspection of Cell Phone Glass Surfaces
The manufacture of glass displays for mobile devices requires a high level of precision and speed. Common surface defects in screen glass, such as scratches, chips and embedded foreign objects, should be identified and removed... -
Non-Contact Vibration Measurement of Hovering Multicopter With 3D Stereo Imaging
Multicopter drones are unmanned aircraft that employ multiple rotors for lift and propulsion, rather than a single large rotor like a traditional helicopter. Multicopters are highly agile, capable of aggressive maneuvers,... -
Aesthetic and efficient facades: Fraunhofer FEP presents advances in building-integrated photovoltaics
As part of the Design-PV project, Fraunhofer FEP has made significant progress in developing aesthetically appealing solutions for building-integrated photovoltaics. Technologies such as roll-to-roll nanoimprint lithography... -
LLNL Chosen to Build the Pathfinder Monolithic Telescope for Space Vehicles
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to provide a new monolithic telescope for a responsive space mission that will launch as... -
Vision AI is Transforming Automated Optical Inspection
In the relentless pursuit for near-zero defects per million (DPM), many manufacturers are turning to Industrial Vision AI for fully automating their inspection processes. Unlike traditional machine vision that relies on rigid,... -
Lightmatter Achieves World-First 16-Wavelength Bidirectional Link on Single-Mode Optical Fiber
Lightmatter, a leader in photonic (super)computing, today announced a groundbreaking achievement in optical communications: a 16-wavelength bidirectional Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) optical link operating on...
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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... -
The Evolution of Holographic Optical Elements in Augmented Reality Applications
Augmented reality (AR) is one of the most significant nascent developments in technology, slowly gaining ground in Head-up Display (HUD) and Near-to-Eye (NTE) applications for commercial markets. However, while it is easy to conceptualize its... -
Femtosecond Lasers Enable Innovative Surfaces for Controlling Water
Water impacts nearly every aspect of human civilization and controlling its behavior is becoming an increasingly pressing scientific and engineering challenge. For example, while water covers 71% of Earth's surface, freshwater scarcity is a... -
High-Speed CoaXPress Interface Elevates Medical Imaging Device Performance
Innovations in medical imaging are driven by new technologies that boost the performance of devices used in diagnostic, surgical and rehabilitation procedures. One of these cutting-edge technologies is CoaXPress frame grabbers. In this article we...
