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VISION: The Industry Highlight for Imaging and Machine Vision

Stuttgart underscores its position as the world's leading trade fair for machine vision. Almost 10,000 visitors from 58 countries were our guests.

11 Nov 2016

PowerPhotonic Releases New Family of Axicon Array Laser Beam Shapers

PowerPhotonic today announces the launch of a new family of axicon array beam shapers for use with multi-mode lasers. Capable of handling very high peak and pulsed power (<20kW CW) with very high efficiency (>98%), the arrays can be used to generate ring-shaped spots, a typical requirement for materials processing applications.

11 Nov 2016

Thorlabs Licenses Random Access Multiphoton Microscope Technology

Thorlabs announced today that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to commercialize the 2-photon random access mesoscope (2p-RAM) developed in Karel Svoboda’s lab at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus for in vivo imaging of large brain volumes (up to ø5 mm x 1 mm) with single neuron resolution.

From Thorlabs, Inc. 11 Nov 2016

MicroVision and STMicroelectronics to Co-Market MEMS Mirror-based Laser Beam Scanning Solutions

MicroVision, Inc. (NASDAQ: MVIS), a leader in innovative ultra-miniature projection display and sensing technology and STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronic applications, today announced that they plan to work together to develop, sell, and market Laser Beam Scanning (LBS) technology.

11 Nov 2016

Researchers Successfully Use Selenium Phasing Technique at X-ray Free-Electron Laser

To understand the three-dimensional shape of a protein, scientists often rely on information from similar molecules. But sometimes, the protein is so unique that it’s not possible to find a close relative.

10 Nov 2016

Cloaking Device for Fabricating Photonic Computer Chips

The fascinating power of invisibility was only the product of dreamers and science fiction writers, may it be the Romulan cloaking device in “Star Trek” that made the warship invisible, or the invisibility cloak worn by Harry Potter.

10 Nov 2016

RVS-77535 360° Surround View Camera System Creates Seamless 3D Image of Vehicle

Rear View Safety, the industry leader in the sales and distribution of backup camera systems, as well as a strong and dedicated road safety advocate, is proud to introduce The RVS-77535 360° Surround View Camera System.

9 Nov 2016

Integrated Device Incorporating Lasing and Anti-Lasing Functions

Scientists in the field of optical science have recently broken the long-held belief that bringing opposite forces in one place at the same time is quite challenging.

8 Nov 2016

Basler Releasing Development Kit for Embedded Vision Applications

The Basler PowerPack for Embedded Vision is a development kit for integrating a Basler dart camera with a BCON for LVDS interface.

8 Nov 2016

OSI Optoelectronics’ New Annular Quadrant Backscatter Detectors

OSI Optoelectronics (OSIO), an OSI Systems Company and global supplier of high performance standard and OEM photodiodes, high-power light sources, and turnkey solutions, introduces Annular Quadrant Silicon Photodiodes.

From OSI Optoelectronics, Inc. 8 Nov 2016

New ZEISS Axio Observer Microscopes for Life Sciences

The open and flexible inverted microscope platform for living and fixed specimens.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 8 Nov 2016

Fujifilm Develops World’s Smallest Machine Vision Lens

FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Kenji Sukeno) has announced the development of the FUJINON HF6XA-5M wide-angle Lens (hereinafter “HF6XA”).

7 Nov 2016

GigE Vision Interface Support Added To IDS Industrial Camera Range For Maximum Versatility

IDS (Imaging Development Systems GmbH) has announced that the industry-standard GigE Vision interface is available for its second-generation GigE uEye CP and GigE uEye FA series of industrial cameras. IDS is the only camera manufacturer to offer users the choice between the GigE Vision standard and the proprietary IDS Software Suite depending on the camera functionality most important to them. The IDS Software Suite allows users to fully exploit many of the useful additional functions and features provided by the latest generation of image sensors that are not currently supported by the industry standards.

7 Nov 2016

LESA Develops World’s First High-Speed Visible-Light Wireless Transmission Link

As demand for mobile wireless services continues to grow, and the deployment of the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies expands, Visible Light Communication (VLC) is emerging as a potential broadband transmission technology that may offer an unlimited bandwidth spectrum for high-quality wireless services.

4 Nov 2016

Researchers Describe New Form of Multicolor EM to Simultaneously Visualize Multiple Molecular Species

Electron microscopy (EM), which uses particle beams of accelerated electrons to interrogate specimens, has long been a leading technology for revealing the shape and structure of the tiniest objects, from the cells which make up the bodies organs and microbes to individual building blocks or molecules which comprise cells, in often dramatic three-dimensional detail.

4 Nov 2016