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Detecting Counterfeit Coconut Water Using Renishaw’s Invia™ Raman Microscope

Coconut water has seen a recent boom in popularity. It is a very lucrative market, with London, England, being the biggest consumer of coconut water in the world (per head).

From Renishaw plc - Spectroscopy 11 Mar 2019

Scientists Fabricate a Multiplexer/Demultiplexer Module Based on Untapped Property of Light

Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a multiplexer/demultiplexer module on the basis of a light property that was not being utilized in communications systems: the optical vortex.

8 Mar 2019

New Imaging Method Captures Images at High Speed Using Standard Imaging Sensors

A novel imaging technique recently developed by researchers is capable of capturing images at speeds of around 1.5 million frames per second (fps) utilizing traditional imaging sensors usually restricted to 100 fps.

8 Mar 2019

Quantum Dots Could Make Infrared Cameras Economical, More Extensively Available

Human eyes miss a whole world out there, concealed in the ranges of light wavelengths that naked eyes cannot see. But infrared cameras can capture the secret light produced as cool stars burn, plants photosynthesize, and batteries get hot. They can see through plastic, and smoke and fog.

8 Mar 2019

New Artificial Neural Network-Based Method Overcomes Limitations of Holographic 3D Imaging

Digital holographic microscopy, an imaging modality, has the potential to digitally rebuild the images of 3D samples from a single hologram by digitally refocusing it through the whole 3D sample volume.

7 Mar 2019

A Solution for Morning Drowsiness: Blue-Enriched White Light

There is a solution for people struggling to be alert in the mornings. A research team at KAIST has suggested that a blue-enriched LED light can productively help people overcome morning drowsiness.

7 Mar 2019

In Series Production: Basler MED ace Camera Compliant with DIN EN ISO 13485:2016

The first models of the Basler MED ace camera series, produced in accordance with DIN EN ISO 13485:2016, have now entered series production (2 MP and 5 MP resolution).

From Basler AG 6 Mar 2019

Virtual Frame Technique Allows Ordinary Cameras to Directly Image Dynamic Cracks

The physics of fracturing and characteristics of fracturing materials can be better understood by directly imaging dynamic cracks as they happen. This approach may considerably benefit a number of fields ranging from engineering and construction through to materials s

5 Mar 2019

Large Format Lenses for High Resolution Cameras

Resolve Optics is a leading developer of custom large format lenses that meet the large image format demands of the latest generation of high-end megapixel line-scan and area scan cameras and sensors.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 5 Mar 2019

Smart IR Thermal Imaging Cameras Ready for Industry 4.0

The new range of IRSX industrial IR cameras from Automation Technology is designed to facilitate the use of thermal imaging in Industry 4.0 applications.

From STEMMER IMAGING AG 5 Mar 2019

Researchers Discover a Way to Build Anti-Laser, Based On Random Scattering

The laser is the flawless light source: subject to the provision of energy, it produces light of a specific, distinct color. However, it is also possible to develop the opposite—an object that impeccably absorbs light of a specific color and disperses the energy almost totally.

5 Mar 2019

Large Format Lenses for High Resolution Cameras

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 4 Mar 2019

Researchers Manage to Confine Photons in Nanocavity

Researchers of the University of Twente (UT) have discovered a tiny prison for photons, or nanocavity. An optical crystal—a structure of pores etched in two perpendicular directions— surrounds the very small cavity.

4 Mar 2019

Scientists Use Pulsed Infrared Light Lasers to Activate Molecules Located Inside Neural Tissue

Deciding when, where, and how a drug is triggered, or having complete control of the activity of an individual molecule inside an organism are some of the goals anticipated to be reached with what is known as photoswitchable molecules—compounds that alter their properties in the presence of certain light waves.

4 Mar 2019

UCF Team Builds First Supersymmetric Laser Array

Researchers from the University of Central Florida (UCF) have overcome an age-old problem in laser science, and the results could have applications in drilling, surgery, and 3D laser mapping.

1 Mar 2019