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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

$Canon Develops Blue Spectrum Refractive Element for Correcting Chromatic Aberration in Camera Lenses$

Canon Develops Blue Spectrum Refractive Element for Correcting Chromatic Aberration in Camera Lenses

Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced that its parent company, Canon Inc., has developed Blue Spectrum Refractive (BR), a new optical element for use in camera lenses that corrects chromatic aberrations at an extremely high level to achieve superb imaging performance.

31 Aug 2015

USGS Attempts to Validate Sigma Space SPL LiDAR Technology for 3D Digital Elevation Program

Through a recent contract awarded to two evaluating companies, the United States Geological Survey has requested from Sigma Space the collection and processing of Single Photon LiDAR (SPL) in a test area in upper Connecticut.

31 Aug 2015

Canon U.S.A Unveils New EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM Lens for EOS System Cameras

Canon U.S.A., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today introduced the new EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM lens for EOS system cameras ¨C a wide-angle fixed-focal-length Canon EF lens that is the world¡¯s first* to utilize the Company¡¯s newly-developed and exclusive Blue Spectrum Refractive Optics (BR Optics).

29 Aug 2015

NASA Reports Arrival of James Webb Space Telescope Backplane for Mirror Assembly

One of the most crucial pieces of the James Webb Space Telescope, the flight backplane, arrived on Aug. 25, on schedule for Webb's 2018 launch date at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for mirror assembly. The backplane is the "spine" of the telescope, responsible for holding its 18 hexagonal mirrors and instruments steady while the telescope is looking into deep space.

28 Aug 2015