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Canon Developing Compact High-Sensitivity Network Camera for Long-Range Color Image Capture During Nighttime

Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced that its parent company, Canon Inc., is developing a high-sensitivity network camera equipped with a fast, high-magnification lens capable of long-range color image capture, even at night, enabling the surveying of subjects that might be hard to see with the naked eye.

3 Sep 2015

Medigus Expands Micro ScoutCam Portfolio with Innovative New CMOS Video Camera

Medigus Ltd., a medical device company developing minimally invasive endosurgical tools and a leader in direct visualization technology, announced today the addition of a new product to its micro ScoutCam™ portfolio of products - the micro ScoutCam™ 6.5 Lum, an innovative new CMOS video camera that provides intense illumination in a small size which was originally custom-designed for the aeronautics industry.

3 Sep 2015

II-VI Introduces Optical Time Domain Reflectometry Solutions for Embedded Network Monitoring

II-VI Incorporated, a leading provider of solutions for next generation optical networks, today announced the introduction of its unique suite of Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (OTDR) solutions for embedded network monitoring applications.

3 Sep 2015

Sea Sapphire’s Ability to Turn Invisible Could Inspire New Optical Technologies

Tiny ocean creatures known as sea sapphires perform a sort of magic trick as they swim: One second they appear in splendid iridescent shades of blue, purple or green, and the next they may turn invisible (at least the blue ones turn completely transparent).

3 Sep 2015

Researchers Use Rough Ultrathin Films to Achieve Efficient Light Absorption

A group of physicists from the University of Kaiserslautern, Bielefeld University and the University of Würzburg have shown that when light is efficiently scattered in rough, ultrathin films, it is completely absorbed.

2 Sep 2015

March Networks Debuts Self-Contained, Covert IP Camera with High Dynamic Range Image Clarity

March Networks®, a leading provider of intelligent IP video solutions used by more than 450 financial customers worldwide, is pleased to introduce the MegaPX ATM Camera. The MegaPX ATM Camera is the industry’s first self-contained, covert IP camera with High Dynamic Range (HDR) image clarity.

2 Sep 2015

Hong Kong Observatory Awards Terminal Doppler Lidar System Contract to Mitsubishi Electric

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Hong Kong Observatory (HKO), a department of the Hong Kong Government, to supply Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) with two Terminal Doppler Lidar systems capable of detecting nearby low-level wind shear and turbulence during non-precipitation conditions.

2 Sep 2015

Rudolph Technologies to Highlight NSX 330 Series Macro Defect Inspection Tool at SEMICON Taiwan

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. today announced the widespread adoption and success of its newest macro defect inspection tool, the NSX® 330 Series. The NSX 330 Series provides high-speed macro defect inspection and 2D and 3D metrology for advanced packaging applications, which are being developed to support the mobility and the growing Internet of Things (IoT) markets.

2 Sep 2015

OSA's Newest Journal, Optica Commemorates One-Year Anniversary

Optica, The Optical Society’s newest journal, dedicated to rapidly disseminating the highest impact peer-reviewed research across the entire spectrum of optics and photonics, has celebrated its one-year anniversary.

1 Sep 2015

EarthCam Celebrates 19 Years in Webcam Technology and Introduces New Online Community, 'My EarthCam

2015 has already proven to be a busy year for EarthCam, and the company has made a big impact on the way construction teams can document their most important projects with the release of groundbreaking webcam technology.

31 Aug 2015