Aviation & Aerospace News
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Defense + Commercial Sensing: Exploring The Latest Innovations In Imaging, Sensing, And Photonic Technologies
4/11/2023
Over the past 68 years, SPIE has been connecting, engaging, and serving its global constituency of more than 258,000 people from 184 countries. A big part of meeting that mission is accomplished by hosting conferences and exhibitions and, at the end of the month, SPIE will be hosting a big one: The Defense + Commercial Sensing conference and exhibition.
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Bright Ideas — 3D-Printed Rocket Launched, NSF Gives Grant To University of Dayton, Nanophotonics And Ultrafast Optics Breakthrough, And More
3/29/2023
Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in optics and photonics. This week, we look at a SPIE Summit, combining MEMS with photonics in a single microchip, a demo of a new laser weapon system, and more.
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Bright Ideas — 3D Metal Printing Advancements, Improvements On Optical Ranging Technology, Controlling Radiation Direction, And More
3/22/2023
Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in optics and photonics. This week, we look at SEEQC’s energy-efficient digital chips, ultra-efficient white light lasers, observing atoms in outer space to improve the measurement of climate factors, and more.
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The Netherlands And Orlando: Hotbeds Of Photonics Growth
2/9/2023
The photonics market is predicted to experience explosive growth over the next several years. The Netherlands and Orlando are offered here as examples of a country and a city capitalizing on said growth.
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The Who, What, And Where Behind Photonics’ Explosive Growth
2/9/2023
The photonics market is growing at a tremendous rate from China, Japan, and South Korea to The Netherlands To Orlando. In this two-part look at photonics’ explosive growth, let's figure out why.
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Quantum Computing Is Mainstreaming But Are We Ready For It?
1/24/2023
Quantum computing is relatively new but is growing by leaps and bounds. Currently, there are more than 600 companies and more than 30 national labs and government agencies worldwide that are developing the technology. Its future’s so bright it’s got to wear shades – but are we ready for its inevitable rise?
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The Secret (Well, OK … Not Too Secret) Experiments On Board X-37B
12/22/2022
I love space. I don’t pretend to understand it, but I’m constantly amazed at the natural wonders that are out there. Turns out, some of the wonders of space aren’t natural. For instance, there’s the Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, the newest and most advanced re-entry spacecraft.
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Accidentally Identifying Methane Super-Emitters From Space
12/16/2022
NASA’s EMIT mission is mapping the prevalence of key minerals in dust-producing deserts. But — surprise! — it’s also detecting the presence of methane around the world.
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Bright Ideas — UCF Wins A Major Award, SPIE Names Startup Challenge Finalists, Designing An Ultra-Powerful X-Ray System, And More
12/14/2022
Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in optics and photonics. This week, we look at a couple of research-related breakthroughs, the latest on SPIE’s Startup Challenge, 6D!, and writing with ultrashort light pulses.
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Bright Ideas — New Laser Beam Steering Device Coming, German Armed Forces Test Fire HEL Weapon Against Drones
11/16/2022
Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in optics and photonics. This week, a University of Texas professor begins the exploration of an optical laser beam steering device for 3D sensing in autonomous cars and the German armed forces successfully conducted the first operational test-firing of a high-energy laser (HEL) weapon against drones aboard a German Navy warship.