Aviation & Aerospace News
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Understanding Digital Twins In Metrology
4/23/2024
Digital twins enable real-time metrology precision by providing continuous monitoring and analysis of manufacturing processes, allowing for instant detection of defects and deviations from specifications.
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Your Guide To The Automate And CLEO Shows
4/22/2024
Automate 2024 and CLEO 2024 are two major upcoming conferences and exhibitions focused on robotics and automation, and lasers and electro-optics, respectively. Let’s take a look at what you can expect if you attend either of these shows.
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A Look At The Bright Future Of Quantum Sensing
4/17/2024
Quantum sensors can detect magnetic fields and other physical quantities with high sensitivity and spatial resolution. They can provide insights into the smallest features of the world and have many potential applications.
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A Look At The Optics That Drive UAVs
4/16/2024
The UAV market is poised to hit $38.3B by 2027, driven by demand from both military and commercial sectors. Optics and fiber optics play a crucial role in keeping UAVs in the air.
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SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing: Uniting The Photonics Industry And Business
4/5/2024
Bringing industry and key stakeholders together to ensure that both the optics and photonics industry and the U.S. Government are positioned to take advantage of each other’s strengths and ongoing programs.
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How To Protect Your Camera When Photographing An Eclipse
3/26/2024
If you’re going to watch the eclipse, be sure to protect your eyes. But don’t forget your camera – it needs protection, too.
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Is Astrophotonics The Key To Discovering Alien Life?
3/21/2024
Astrophotonics has the potential to revolutionize exoplanet research and, quite possibly, help discover alien life.
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Double Vision A Look At Machine And Computer Vision
2/15/2024
Simply put, machine vision is a technology that gives industrial equipment the ability to “see” what it is doing while computer vision is an AI that processes and visualizes information, much like a human would. But things in this life aren’t always simple, are they?
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China, U.S. Launch “Doppelganger” Secretive Spaceplanes Within Weeks Of Each Other
1/26/2024
In December 2023, the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B and China's Shenlong were launched. Both spaceplanes are shrouded in secrecy, though amateur trackers report Shenlong released six objects into orbit, fueling concerns about potential space warfare and the strategic implications of these developments. The secrecy surrounding both spaceplanes and their potential for espionage and conflict in space raises concerns about the vulnerability of the global commons in space.
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3 Rock-Solid Predictions (j/k) About What To Expect From Photonics In 2024
12/7/2023
Before 2023 comes to an end we want to go on record with three things that we guarantee will happen in 2024.
(Guarantee not valid anywhere, anytime, and/or any place. Void everywhere.)