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Camera Manufacturer IDS Inc. Celebrates 15th Anniversary

2022 is a special year for the industrial camera manufacturer IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH. The company was founded 25 years ago in Obersulm, Germany.

From IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH 31 Mar 2022

New Study Reveals UV-LED Lights Can Destroy HIV and Coronaviruses

According to a new study from the University of Toronto, Scarborough, the same light bulbs installed in public spaces and offices can destroy HIV and coronaviruses.

30 Mar 2022

MKS' Ophir® Optics Group Receives BAE Systems Electronic Systems 2021 Gold Level Supplier Award

MKS Instruments, Inc., a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, is pleased to announce that the Ophir® Optics Group has been honored with a 2021 Gold Level Supplier Award from BAE Systems Electronic Systems.

From Ophir Corp. 30 Mar 2022

New LiDAR System Shows Potential to Improve the Vision of Autonomous Systems

Even though robots don't have eyes with retinas, the key to helping them see and interact with the world more naturally and safely may rest in optical coherence tomography (OCT) machines commonly found in the offices of ophthalmologists.

30 Mar 2022

Ultra-Thin Solar Panels Convert Light into Electricity More Efficiently than Others

A team co-led team by the University of Surrey has successfully increased the levels of energy absorbed by wafer-thin photovoltaic panels by 25%. Their solar panels, just one micrometre thick (1µm), convert light into electricity more efficiently than others as thin and pave the way to make it easier to general more clean, green energy.

30 Mar 2022

Researchers Evaluate the Robustness of Long-Range MEMS Scanning Lidar Against External Vibrations

3D object detection in various road situations is a necessity for safe autonomous driving. For example, a white 18-wheel-truck next to the cloudy sky or a single, dropped, black tire on a highway needs to be detected early enough to avoid collision.

30 Mar 2022

Complex Optical Information Revealed Through Vectorial Metrics

Vectorial properties of light beams and illuminated objects have long been a subject of scientific exploration, exploited in a wide range of technological applications-from biomedical optics to multiphoton lithography.

30 Mar 2022

Miniature Microscope Designed for High-Resolution 3D Images Inside Mouse Brains

Researchers have developed a miniature microscope that is designed for high-resolution 3D images inside the brains of living mice. By imaging deeper into the brain than previously possible with miniature widefield microscopes, the new lightweight microscope could help scientists better understand how brain cells and circuits operate.

30 Mar 2022

Teledyne Princeton Introduces New OEM Spectroscopy Detector

Teledyne Princeton Instruments, a Teledyne Technologies company, announces the release of LANSIS—a new spectroscopy detector designed specifically for original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and system integrators.

From Teledyne Princeton Instruments 30 Mar 2022

Analyzing the Interconnection Between Defects and Thermal Quenching in Quasi-2d Perovskite Emitters

Low-cost, strong photoluminescence quantum yield, and excellent color purity define metal halide perovskites. Perovskite light-emitting diodes have made rapid progress in recent years, with intriguing applications in lighting and display.

29 Mar 2022

Simple Design Plus Smart Engineering Enable Simple Cameras to See in 3D

Regular image sensors, the same as the billion or so already fixed into almost all smartphones currently in use, capture color and light intensity.

29 Mar 2022

Researchers Create New Technique to Account for Changes in Illumination over Scan

While scanning cathedral stained-glass windows, scientists from the Nara Institute of Science and Technology developed a novel method to compensate for fluctuations in illumination. This technique might be extended to other culturally significant objects to help frame their colors in the most authentic way possible.

28 Mar 2022

Physicists Discover the Maximum Speed of Signal Transmission in Microchips

The maximum speed of signal transmission in microchips is about one petaherz (one million gigahertz), which is about 100,000 times faster than current transistors.

28 Mar 2022

HKUMed Develops Photo-Responsive Nanomedicine for Light-Controlled Colorectal Cancer Therapy

A research team from Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), has developed a photo-responsive nanomedicine for light-controlled colorectal cancer therapy.

28 Mar 2022

New Approach for Generating THz Bessel Beams from Superluminal Laser Plasma Filaments

Terahertz (THz) radiation from laser plasmas features with ultrabroad bandwidth, which is attractive for many applications. Significant efforts have been made to enhance its conversion efficiency, tune its frequency spectrum, and even manipulate its polarization.

28 Mar 2022