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Researchers Develop Durable, Fast LEDs for Optical Wireless Communications

A crucial challenge faced in the field of optical wireless communications—the process where light carries data between cell phones and other devices—has now been resolved by a team of researchers.

31 Jul 2020

$Study Helps Create Customized Arbitrary Nondiffracting Laser Beams$

Study Helps Create Customized Arbitrary Nondiffracting Laser Beams

Modern applications as high resolution microsopy or micro- or nanoscale material processing require customized laser beams that do not change during propagation.

30 Jul 2020

Irisys SafeCount Live Occupancy Monitoring Solution Automates Occupancy Compliance and Enables Social Distancing for Buildings and Rooms With One or Multiple Entrances

The COVID-19 pandemic has created an urgent need to accurately and efficiently manage occupancy regulations and enable social distancing in corporate workspaces, higher education buildings, retail stores, and manufacturi...

From Irisys - InfraRed Integrated Systems Ltd 29 Jul 2020

LED Light Engines Help in the Battle Against COVID-19

Innovations in Optics, Inc. offers high power LED Light Engines as fluorescent excitation illuminators for life science instruments.

From Innovations In Optics, Inc. 29 Jul 2020

CyberOptics to Present Technical Paper at SPIE Optics + Photonics 2020 On-Line Conference

CyberOptics® Corporation , a leading global developer and manufacturer of high-precision 3D sensing technology solutions, will present at the SPIE Optics and Photonics On-Line Conference on August 24 during the SPIE Optical Engineering and Applications Symposium’s verification and alignment session from 8:20 to 10:00 am.

From CyberOptics Corporation 29 Jul 2020

New Laser Inversion Technique Allows 3D Printing of Multiple Materials

Three-dimensional (3D) printing—also called additive manufacturing—employs digital manufacturing procedures to create strong and lightweight components without requiring any unique tooling.

28 Jul 2020

HKATG Successfully Carries Out In-Orbit Technology Validation of 'Golden Bauhinia' Satellite Constellation

On July 25, 2020, China's Long March-4B carrier rocket was successfully launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, and the space exploration satellite named "Lobster Eye X-ray Explorer" was successfully put into orbit. The "Lobster Eye X-ray Explorer" is the first space exploration satellite in the world to apply X-ray technology focusing with lobster-eye optics.

28 Jul 2020

Scientists Use Photonics to Make Wastewater Eco-friendly

Wastewater will soon become cleaner and less harmful to plants and animals thanks to a new, ultra-sensitive water sensor being developed by European scientists to detect tiny amounts of toxic substances with light.

28 Jul 2020

Barcelona Hospital Surgeons Now Using Vuzix M400 Smart Glasses to Perform Assisted Gastrointestinal Surgeries on Patients

Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, today announced that a team of doctors is successfully using the Vuzix M400 Smart Glasses to perform gastrointestinal surgeries on patients at a leading hospital based in Barcelona, Spain.

From Vuzix Corporation 28 Jul 2020