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New Miniature Laser-Based Device to Project Color HD Video on the Retina

At the University of Fukui in Japan, researchers have realized considerable advances in creating a highly compact RGB laser projector with the ability to make a high-definition (HD) projection image.

11 Dec 2020

Mikrotron Launches Its First FPGA-Driven Smart Cameras with the New EoSens Creation Series

Mikrotron is empowering machine vision engineers to achieve accelerated performance at a fraction of the cost of traditional customized solutions with its new EoSens Creation Series of FPGA programmable-ready smart cameras.

From Mikrotron GmbH 11 Dec 2020

Imec Presents a Thin-Film Short-Wave-InfraRed Image Sensor with Sub-2 µm Pixel Pitch

Imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, presents a prototype high-resolution short-wave-infrared (SWIR) image sensor with record small pixel pitch of 1.82 µm.

From imec Inc. 11 Dec 2020

Study Gives Real-Time Picture of the Molecular-Level Changes in Perovskite Solar Cells

Consumers worldwide are demanding greener energy sources; therefore, optimizing the performance and economic viability of solar cells is an important research focus.

10 Dec 2020

Using UV Light to Fight COVID-19

As the deadly COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc around the world with no end in sight, new ways in which to stop the spread or mitigate the effects of the disease are few.

10 Dec 2020

EAG Laboratories Announces Latest Advancement in Transmission Electron Microscopy

EAG Laboratories is pleased to announce the completed installation of a ThermoFisher Scientific Themis Z Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) at our Silicon Valley facility. This next generation, ultra-high-resolution TEM is the first available in an independent laboratory in North America and is the second Themis Z owned by EAG Laboratories.

From EAG Laboratories 10 Dec 2020

Gamers Pave the Way for Million Dollar Grant for Telescope ‘Brain’ Upgrade

A new $1 million Federal Government grant to Curtin University will enable a major upgrade to the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), giving the giant radio telescope even greater power to read and process signals captured from distant outer space.

10 Dec 2020

Researchers Make Key Advances with New Human-Eye Type of Optical Sensor

Researchers at Oregon State University are making key advances with a new type of optical sensor that more closely mimics the human eye's ability to perceive changes in its visual field.

9 Dec 2020

HKU Researchers Develop Novel Light-Controlled, Contamination-Free Fluidic Processor

A mechanical engineering research team at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has invented a novel light-controlled, contamination-free fluidic processor, which can serve as a useful tool to greatly reduce the risk of infection of front-line medical workers in testing virus or bacteria in big pandemics like the current COVID-19 pandemic, and to minimise the risk of contamination during the process.

9 Dec 2020

New Light Manipulation Method for More Efficient Communications Technology

The pursuit of finding innovative, new techniques to manipulate the way light travels through electromagnetic materials has taken a new, peculiar twist.

9 Dec 2020

Affordable, High-Performance Beam Collimators

Affordable, High-Performance Beam Collimators: Optical Surfaces Ltd. announces a new series of high-performance beam collimators designed for Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) testing of optical systems.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 9 Dec 2020

Teledyne Imaging’s New Vision Solutions Brochure Delivers Machine Vision Industry’s Most Innovative and Extensive Product Line

Teledyne Imaging, a Teledyne Technologies company and global leader in machine vision technology, is pleased to announce the roll out of its new Teledyne Imaging vision solutions brochure.

8 Dec 2020

Differences in Spectral Distributions Cause Mismatch of Color Appearance in Cross-Media

The white of paper and the white of monitor can be precisely the same color values, yet they appear fundamentally different. That disparity may not lie in the mode of display, but rather how the colors are constructed, according to a research team at Yokohama National University in Japan.

8 Dec 2020

New Semiconductor Detector can Identify Radioactive Isotopes with High Resolution

In groundbreaking new research, an international team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has developed a unique process for producing a quantum state that is part light and part matter.

8 Dec 2020

New Method to Make Most Durable, Lighter, Thinnest Light Source

At the University of St Andrews, a research team has devised a new technique to make the thinnest, most durable, and lightweight light source thus far, which could transform the future of mobile technologies and enable new advances in brain science.

8 Dec 2020