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Study of Curious 'Quasiparticles' Helps Measure Incredibly Small Distortions in Light Waves

Optics researchers have discovered a new way to measure incredibly small distortions in light waves by indirectly studying the behavior of curious 'quasiparticles' - ripples in the electric field that emerge when light and solid surfaces interact. This new technique holds significant promise for applications in metrology and chemical sensing, as well as potential improvements in adaptive optics for microscopy and biomedicine.

From Optical Society Of America 9 Dec 2015

Highly Sensitive, Inexpensive, Non-Invasive Biophotonics Method to Identify Unstable Plaques

In aging societies, atherosclerosis (AS) and its major vascular complications, myocardial infarction and stroke, are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Besides that, childhood obesity is an increasing phenomenon all over the globe and will lead to increased occurrence of cardiovascular diseases at younger age. Particularly in these patients all efforts need to be made towards non-invasive methods for disease diagnosis in order to reduce the risk of invasive analysis and X-ray radiation.

9 Dec 2015

German HÃœBNER Announces Acquisition of Swedish Coboltâ€™s Business

Kassel / Stockholm, December 4th 2015: The German HÃœBNER Group and the Swedish Cobolt Group have signed an agreement that results in HÃœBNER acquiring 100% control of Coboltâ€™s business.

8 Dec 2015

Gigahertz-Optik Launches BTS256-PAR Photosynthetically Active Radiation Meter

Gigahertz-Optik introduces an advanced technology Photosynthetically Active Radiation meter that provides PAR, illuminance, color and spectral data to fully analyze any type natural and artificial light sources including LEDs employed in plant growth applications.

8 Dec 2015

Canon's imagePROGRAF Wide Format and MFP Products Recognized with Three BLI Pick Awards

Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, is proud to announce that the Company has received three 2016 “Pick” awards from Buyers Laboratory, LLC for the select models in the imagePROGRAF wide format and MFP product line set out below. The annual awards honor the products deemed “outstanding” in their respective categories.

From Canon U.S.A., Inc. 7 Dec 2015

JunoCam Color Camera to Provide New Views of Jupiter's Swirling Clouds

When NASA's Juno mission arrives at Jupiter on July 4, 2016, new views of the giant planet's swirling clouds will be sent back to Earth, courtesy of its color camera, called JunoCam. But unlike previous space missions, professional scientists will not be the ones producing the processed views, or even choosing which images to capture. Instead, the public will act as a virtual imaging team, participating in key steps of the process, from identifying features of interest to sharing the finished images online.

7 Dec 2015

3D Laser Scanning Helps Make Repeat Measurements of Area Affected by 2014 South Napa Earthquake

U.S. Geological Survey scientists used 3D laser scanning to make repeat measurements of an area affected by the 2014 magnitude 6.0 South Napa earthquake in order to define in great detail the surface deformation that occurred both during and after the earthquake. The recent revolution in 3D laser measurement technology (LiDAR) allows scientists to collect detailed information about the shape of the land surface and the objects that sit upon it with unprecedented accuracy.

7 Dec 2015

Liquid Image Introduces Ego LS 800 Wearable and Mountable Live Streaming 4G LTE Enabled Camera

Liquid Image enters the US Wireless Device market with the Ego LS 800, the first wearable and mountable live streaming 4G LTE enabled camera. The initial shipment of the Ego LS is available today for distribution in the United States and is connected by the Verizon Wireless network.

7 Dec 2015

OFC 2016 Announces Keynote Speakers for Plenary Session

OFC 2016, the world’s leading conference for optical communications and networking professionals, today announced its line-up of keynote speakers for the 2016 plenary session. On Tuesday, March 22, Yasuhiko Arakawa, University of Tokyo, Japan, Andre Fuetsch, AT&T, USA, and Daniel Kraft, Singularity University and IntelliMedicine, USA, will take the stage to highlight the latest developments in semiconductor nanotechnologies, optical network evolution and trends in data-driven intelligent medicine. OFC will take place at the Anaheim Convention Center, in Anaheim, California, USA, 20-24 March 2016.

7 Dec 2015

ADVA Optical Networking Announces Acquisition of mic AG's Engineering Division

ADVA Optical Networking announced today that is has acquired an engineering division from technology incubator, mic AG. The talented team of engineers is specifically focused on the development of optical monitoring technology in fiber networks. Their skills will be key for ADVA Optical Networking as it continues to rapidly advance its popular ADVA FSP 3000 Access Link Monitoring (ALM) product.

28 Nov 2015