Automotive News
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Using IR At The Border To Fight … The Canadian Cartel?
10/12/2023
Infrared is used at the border for surveillance, detecting people or vehicles crossing the border, and detecting disguises at security checkpoints. Could it have helped take down the Maple Mafia?
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Clear Vision: Optical Coatings, Rain Sensors, And Safer Roads
9/26/2023
Rain sensors play a critical role in the automotive industry, enhancing safety while driving. Optical coatings, thin layers applied to optical components to control light reflection, transmission, and absorption, help rain sensors do their thing.
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Why Connected Cars Are A Privacy Nightmare
9/15/2023
When it comes to connected cars and privacy consider this: sex toys typically provide more detailed security information about their products. So, when your privacy policies and protections are worse than those of a sex toy, you might have a problem.
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SWIR, MWIR, And LWIR: One Use Case For Each
8/31/2023
SWIR, MWIR, and LWIR describe different ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum, primarily in the context of infrared (IR) radiation. All three correspond to a specific range of wavelengths within the IR spectrum, and they are commonly used in various applications including remote sensing, thermal imaging, and spectroscopy.
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LiDAR: Uncovering Ancient Cities And Roads, And Guiding Futuristic Robot Dogs
8/9/2023
LiDAR can be used to map structures, improve self-driving cars, aid in disaster recovery, and a whole lot more. Let’s take a look at how it helped discover ancient cities and roads, as well as how it is helping develop robotic dogs.
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The Cobots Are Coming! The Cobots Are Coming!
8/7/2023
Using 2D or 3D vision to guide robots can improve flexibility and lower costs in various industrial applications. With the rise of collaborative robots, also known as cobots, there are now more opportunities to integrate machine vision into the work environment.
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LIDAR And ADAS: Two Great Technologies That Go Great Together
7/11/2023
Advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and the autonomous vehicles (AV) they enable depend on sensors to function safely and efficiently. LIDAR, due to its ability to create a 3D map of the surrounding area that allows for the detection of spatial position, velocity, and surrounding objects, is a crucial technology contributing to the development of ADAS and the growing popularity of EVs.
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Keeping Pedestrians Safe From Autonomous Vehicles
6/27/2023
Once upon a time, Google applied for a patent for a system that would make the hood of a car sticky enough to secure a pedestrian hit by the car figuring it's better to stick to the front of the car than to be thrown back into an intersection. Let’s just say that as autonomous vehicles get closer to reality we’ve made some technological improvements in keeping pedestrians safe in the event of a collision.
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LASER World Of Photonics Celebrates 50 Years Of Laser
6/7/2023
Fifty years ago, LASER 73 brought together about 100 exhibitors to marvel at all photonics had to offer. Now, tens of thousands are flocking to Munich to attend LASER World of PHOTONICS, one of photonics’ leading trade fairs.
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NSF Invests In Photonics Innovation
5/23/2023
The Advancing Photonics Technologies collaboration is one of more than 40 teams across the nation selected to receive one of the first-ever NSF Engines Development Awards, which provide up to two years of funding toward the planning of a multistate initiative to create economic, societal, and technological opportunities for their regions.