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Chromasens Wide Field of View 3D Machine Vision Camera Targeted at Auto Industry

Chromasens has extended its popular 3DPIXA family of high-performance 3D line scan cameras with a new model that provides a 55-inch FOV (field-of-view) for complete high-speed scans of large, complex and irregularly-shaped objects or textures to achieve accurate identification of defects in automobile manufacturing, food processing and in natural objects such as wood or ceramic tiles.

From Chromasens GmbH 22 Aug 2018

Ground-Breaking Microscope Technology Unlocks New Era for Label-Free Live Cell Imaging

A spin-out company from the renowned Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejeon has been established to commercialize the revolutionary Holotomography (HT) microscopy developed there by Professor YongKeun (Paul) Park.

From Tomocube, Inc. 22 Aug 2018

Thorlabs Releases New MEMS-VCSEL Swept-Wavelength Laser Sources

Thorlabs announced today that it has released next-generation versions of its 1300 nm MEMS-VCSEL Swept-Wavelength Laser Sources.

From Thorlabs, Inc. 20 Aug 2018

Bringing Portability, Precision and Power to UV Curing

To improve UV curing options available for the medical, industrial, electronics, automotive and optical industries, adhesives specialist Intertronics has launched the IUV101 LED UV curing spot lamp.

From Intertronics 20 Aug 2018

STEMMER IMAGING to Distribute Odos Imaging TOF 3D Cameras

STEMMER IMAGING AG, one of Europe's leading machine vision technology providers, has signed an agreement with Odos Imaging for the distribution of Time-Of-Flight (TOF) 3D cameras.

From STEMMER IMAGING AG 20 Aug 2018

“AFM Characterization of Emerging Photovoltaics” Webinar Hosted by Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, September 13, 2018

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, in conjunction with the Materials Research Society (MRS), presents a free webinar, “AFM Characterization of Emerging Photovoltaics,” on September 13, 2018 at 11:30 am EDT.

From Oxford Instruments 17 Aug 2018

PB30-Series - Lead Salt Infrared Detectors

LASER COMPONENTS is a world leading manufacturer of lead salt infrared detectors. We supply customers all over the world with these industrial grade thermal detectors from our research and production facility in Arizona.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 17 Aug 2018

OSI Optoelectronics Provides Optimized Nd:YAG Photodiodes for Military/Aerospace Applications

OSI Optoelectronics (OSIO), an OSI Systems Company, offers high-response N-on-P YAG series of photodetectors that are optimized at 1060 nm for critical military and aerospace sensing applications. The YAG laser light wav...

From OSI Optoelectronics 16 Aug 2018

NSF Awards $1.2M to Rochester Institute of Technology, University of California-San Diego, University of Delaware to Leverage AIM Photonics’ World-Class R&D and Foundry Capabilities

The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics, a public-private partnership headquartered in New York State to advance the nation’s photonics manufacturing capabilities, today announced that three National Science Foundation (NSF) funded grants totaling $1.2 million will enable collaborative photonics-centered R&D with the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), University of California-San Diego (UCSD), and University of Delaware (UD), respectively.

16 Aug 2018

Hollow Motorized Rotary Actuators

ServoBelt Rotary Stage offers an economical solution for a variety of light and medium-duty rotary motion applications.

From IntelLiDrives, Inc. 16 Aug 2018

Series Production Start: Four New ace U Models with the IMX287 and IMX273 Sensors from Sony

The four new ace U GigE models from camera manufacturer Basler feature resolutions of VGA and 1.6 megapixels and have now moved into series production. They are equipped with the IMX287 and IMX273 sensors from Sony's...

From Basler AG 14 Aug 2018

EyeVision Supports Hyperspectral Imaging

The EyeVision software now also can process and evaluate hyperspectral images. Therefore the software will support the hyperspectral camera by Photonfocus in the near future. It is a camera based on an IMEC sensor with narrow pass band filters with a wavelength region form 600 nm to 1000 nm.

10 Aug 2018

The He Research Group at the Fischell Department of Bioengineering, UMD

Market leaders in temperature-controlled microscopy and leaders in sample characterization solutions, Linkam Scientific Instruments, reports on the research of Professor Xiaoming “Shawn” He of the Fischell Department of Bioengineering at the University of Maryland.

10 Aug 2018

Incorporating Soft Hardware into Textiles for Use as Communication Systems

The most recent advancement in fibers and textiles is a type of soft hardware that can be worn—cloth including electronic devices incorporated directly into it.

9 Aug 2018

Novel Precision Rotary Table Enables World Record in Fastest 3D Tomographic Images

A team of researchers from HZB has created an innovative precision rotary table at the EDDI beamline at BESSY II and integrated it with specifically rapid optics. This allowed them to record pore formation in grains of metal at the time of foaming processes at 25 tomographic images per second—a world record.

9 Aug 2018