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Curtin Virtual Reality Research Opens up New Worlds at XR:WA

Curtin University researchers will demonstrate the enormous potential of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies to open up interactive virtual worlds that explore a huge range of important and innovative applications, as part of the new XR:WA festival and conference.

17 Jul 2019

Basler Expands 3D Camera Portfolio with Blaze

The second generation of Basler 3D cameras is ready to launch. Thanks to the latest Sony DepthSense™ ToF technology, the Basler blaze with GigE interface and VGA resolution is particularly suitable for measuring the position, location and volume of objects and for detecting obstacles.

From Basler AG 17 Jul 2019

WITec Paper Award 2019

WITec is pleased to announce the winners of the annual Paper Award, which recognizes three outstanding peer-reviewed articles from the previous year that feature data acquired with a WITec microscope.

From WITec GmbH 13 Jul 2019

New Multiplex Mode for Zeiss Airyscan 2 Enables Fast and Gentle Confocal Microscopy

The new Multiplex mode for ZEISS Airyscan 2 delivers more information in less time. Smart illumination and detection schemes allow parallel pixel acquisition for fast and gentle confocal microscopy.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 12 Jul 2019

Introducing TOPTICA Photonics China

TOPTICA Photonics is pleased to announce the launching of TOPTICA Photonics (China) Co., Ltd. After more than 20 years in business and an ever expanding market presence, TOPTICA Photonics is pleased to announce the launching of TOPTICA Photonics (China) Co., Ltd., with a head office in Shanghai and a branch in Beijing.

12 Jul 2019

Fiber Optics Symposium 2019

The expansion of the 5G network will certainly be one of the dominant topics at this year’s fiber optics symposium held by LASER COMPONENTS.

12 Jul 2019

Researchers Develop Efficient and Single-Layered OLEDs

Organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs, for short, are currently used in various electronic devices meant for display applications, spanning from televisions to smartphones.

11 Jul 2019

Microbubble Implosion Could Reveal the Physics Behind Vacuum

In general, “vacuum” is considered to be nothing but vacant space. However, in reality, a vacuum is composed of “virtual particle-antiparticle pairs” of electrons and positrons that constantly form and get annihilated in unbelievably short time periods.

10 Jul 2019

New Technique Allows Real-Time Microscopy at High Heat and Loading

Researchers have demonstrated a technique that allows them to track microscopic changes in metals or other materials in real time even when the materials are exposed to extreme heat and loads for an extended period of time — a phenomenon known as “creep.”

10 Jul 2019

New Imaging Method Aids in Water Decontamination

A breakthrough imaging technique developed by Cornell researchers shows promise in decontaminating water by yielding surprising and important information about catalyst particles that can’t be obtained any other way.

10 Jul 2019

“Smart” Glass Recognizes Images without Power Sources

The advanced technology that drives face recognition in a number of contemporary smartphones may one day receive a technological upgrade that looks and sounds amazingly low-tech.

9 Jul 2019

Innovative Portable Camera can See Polarization

In 1935, the first full-length movie produced with the advanced, three-color process of Technicolor premiered, and the New York Times stated that “it produces in the spectator all the excitement of standing upon a peak … and glimpsing a strange, beautiful, and unexpected new world.”

9 Jul 2019